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)
6130 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Incompletely pierced. Spread eagle siezing two lions. B.
6132 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipping tree of life? B.
6133 (none) (none) B16294 Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Upper and lower band showing gazelles passing sacred tree. About 3000 BC. E.
6134 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Upper band, nine men, below animals and sacred tree. Bulls. Lion. Eagle. About BC 3000, B
6136 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, minor god, grotesque figure and votary and Nergal weapon. B.
6160 (none) (none) B16286, B16286 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Not fully paved. Lion attacked by two men 2 lines of defaced inscription. About BC 2100. Required for Vol. VII written.
6165 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at bottom. Minor god, votary and inscription. Worshipper led by hand unto a standing armed (?) god- crescent. Du-( ) son of Sag-da( ). About BC 2300. B.
6189 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Bel-Marduk holding two rampant bulls - crescent and star. Time of Assyrian influence about BC 800. B.
6253 (none) (none) B16290 Cylinder seal. Grey limestone? Unpierced. Gilgamesh fighting with the bull. About BC 2500.
6255 (none) (none) B16306 Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Shamash with horned mitre and notched sword in hand steps on a crouching bull a worshipper brings a kid as an offering. The god Martu with a short club in hand, short garment and a round woolen turban is followed by a worshipper with clasped hands, and a servant. Two small figures - a bifrons with clasped hands and a nude servant with libation cone in hand. About BC 1900. E.
6261 (none) (none) B16314 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, Minor god and votary. Inscription doubtful. About BC 2200. [drawing]
6267 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta fragment. Nude female carrying a vase in what is probably a wicker basket? [drawing 1:1]
6268 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. Worshipper introduced by an assistant goddess to a god like Shamash stepping forward and armed with a sword and scimitar. Ma-au-sum son of Ludingi-ra? About BC 2100. B.
6271 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscription, winged dragon and winged dragon attacked by Enkidu and Gilgamesh. :u-ab-ba (?) spm pf : dpu-sag. About 2400 BC. E.
6276 (none) (none) (none) Pedestal of status. Black diorite. Fragmentary. Partially originally the base of the black diorite statue of King Dungi found nearby. Text: Dim-tab-ba temple(3)
6288 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Fragmentary. Swans and inscription. Lal-e pa son of Ur dGish. B.
6296 (none) (none) B16291 Cylinder seal. Brown marble? Inscribed. Pierced. 3 crouching antelopes (one reversed). Before BC 3000. E.
6342 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing with seal impression. Royal seal. [First column of text on card] dIbi ilSin God of his land mighty king of Ur King of the 4 regions of the world. [Second column of text on card] To Ur-nigin-gar the archivist (ga-dub-ba) son of Ar-shi-ih his servant it (the seal) has been presented. [the following is below both columns on the card] Presentation to seated Sin. H.C.
6343 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing with seal impression. Royal seal. [First column of text on card] dIbi ilSin: God of the land mighty king of Ur king of the 4 regions of the world. [Second column of text on card] Da-da pateris of Nippur Scon of Ur(-sag...) patersi of Nippur thy servant. [the following is below both columns on the card] Presentation to seated moon-god. H.C.
6344 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing with seal impression. Royal seal. [First column of text on card] dIbi ilSin: mighty king of Ur [Second column of text on card] king of the 4 regions of the world. Azag dNannar scribe thy servant. [the following is below both columns on the card] Worshipping the moon god. H.C.
6360 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression on a clay sealing. Time of Samsuiluna. . ilgimil-i-( su), the archive keeper, anointer of the apsu of Nannar, son of Sin-iqisham, servant of Samsuiluna. [Annotated] (Add to catalogue Vol VII) [Crossed out] [Annotated] Ur Royal Inscr. No. 149. Cf. Royal Insc. 304. [Annotated] H.C.
6367 (none) (none) (none) Clay sealing. Sealed with 4 cylinder seals of Samsuiluna's servants. 10) Seal of Ilishu-ibishu cf. U.6360; 20) Ahu-shunu son of Imdi-Enlil, servant of Samsuiluna; 30) ( )wa-ti-bu(um), archive keeper of Nannar son of Ilukashu the diviner, servant of Samauiluna.; 40)Illegible.; H.C.
6406 (none) (none) B16304 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400.
6418 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed pottery. Hero fighting with a winged dragon. B. Neo-Babylonian.
6436B (none) (none) (none) Seal. Black steatite. Helmet shaped. Pierced at sides. Flate base for seal impression. Worshipper, altar and crescent. Neo-Babylonian. B.

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