Impressed
Technique of decorating a surface by pushing another object into the surface.
A process of decorating a surface by pushing another object into the surface, like a stamp or seal.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14746 | (none) | 1930,1213.459 | (none) | Seal impression. Eagle, scorpions (?), vegetational forms(?) |
| 14102 | (none) | 1930,1213.460 | (none) | Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218 |
| 14170 | (none) | 1930,1213.461, 19301213.46 | (none) | Seal impression (rather a tablet than a jar-sealing?) Inscription at least 5 cases including more than 10 signs and picture of Oxs head. (cf. U.14169 & also U.13881) HC.14170 UET II: 324) |
| 13903 | (none) | 1930,1213.462, 19301213.46 | (none) | Seal impression. Fragment of rosette ? and signs? cf. 13095. HC.212 UET II: 331) |
| 14518 | (none) | 1930,1213.464 | (none) | Seal impression. 2 men in a boat(?) and part of another boat(?) (prows end in branches) cf. 16557. |
| 14551 | (none) | 1930,1213.465 | (none) | Cylinder seal(?) Clay. To give the geometrical design such as that frequently found on these seal impressions. Unpierced end continues the design. |
| 14636 | (none) | 1930,1213.466 | (none) | Jar-sealing. Mark of cloth? |
| 14277 | (none) | 1930,1213.516, 1930,1213.517 | (none) | Beads. Glazed barrels and 1 lapis double conoid; 1 carnelian ring bead. |
| 13574 | (none) | 1930,1213.518 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White calcite. Rampant lions, gazelles and bird-headed men. |
| 13712 | (none) | 1930,1213.521 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pinkish-white marble. Design of a man fighting with an antelope and a bull, of which the latter is attacked by a lion; the man kneels on one knee. Very crude work. |
| 15473 | (none) | 1930,1213.522 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. |
| 15321 | (none) | 1930,1213.523 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. 2 worshippers. |
| 15475 | (none) | 1930,1213.524 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Spread eagle. |
| 14109 | (none) | 1930,1213.624 | (none) | Seal impression. Traces of a few signs, of which UD is pictographic UET II: 321) |
| 14704 | (none) | 1930,1213.671 | (none) | Seal impression. Cylinder sealings with design, suggestive of signs (unidentified) rosette. Incised lines or marks. HC.227. |
| 16181 | (none) | 1931,1010.13 | (none) | Button seal. Steatite. Incised cross on flat side. Convex side also had triple cross incisions and incised circles. Over part of the seal is a white surface that has the appearance of a glaze. Seal has been perforated transversely through the convex side. The white surface is visible also the inside of the perforated hole. [drawing] |
| 17342 | (none) | 1931,1010.14 | (none) | Button seal. Polished stone. Mottled. Fragment. |
| 16220 | (none) | 1931,1010.15 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. A humped bull of Indian type feeding on a bundle of hay(?) in front of a palm tree: on the other side, a scorpion & above it, horizontally a man with feathered headdress. A remarkable seal. |
| 16020 | (none) | 1931,1010.17 | (none) | Steatite Cylinder-seal. Namhani son of Ur-baga. HC.30/I.6. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16152 | (none) | 1931,1010.19 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Part of one end missing. Seated god, 2 standing gods & between them a squatting dog(?). |
| 16927C | (none) | 1931,1010.232 | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] |
| 16365 | (none) | 1931,1010.24 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. Presentation scene, 3 standing figures. |
| 16326 | (none) | 1931,1010.25 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Tip missing. Presentation scene: 3 standing figures. The first has both hands raised in greeting., conical cap rising in tiers, a short pig-tail, and flounced kaukanes coat. Approaching is a male figure clothed in a short coat which only comes down to the knees, and carrying a club in his right hand. He also wears a brimmed cap. Behind him a second figure similarly clad carrying an offering in left hand and a basket(?) in the right. Each of the last 2 figures seems to have an animal skin over the short coat. |
| 17312 | (none) | 1931,1010.26 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 standing figures. |
| 16690 | (none) | 1931,1010.27 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Miniature. Spread eagle. |