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)
1551A (none) 1924,0920.103 (none) Mould. Fragment, waist downwards only. Yellow clay. Female figure, nude, with object at right hand.
1628 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed with scene of presentation to goddess.
1631 (none) (none) (none) Conical seal. Clay. Surface of green glaze; with traces of incised design. Not with photo. [drawing 1:1]
1636 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. With roughly engraved device of introduction ceremony, and inscription of 2 lines. Ur-dub: dumu Ur-d.Kal
1646 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Clay, with device of eagle, lance, etc.
1706 (none) (none) B15594 Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes.
1733 (none) (none) B15589 Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very scratchily engraved on one side only with design of 2 men fighting a lion. P. [drawing]
1734 (none) (none) B15590 Cylinder seal. grey stone. Broken. Upper part only of introduction scene with crescent moon in front of god. P.
1786 (none) (none) B15701 Stool. Buff clay, one leg and corner missing. Rush seat. [drawing 1:1]
1787 (none) (none) B15697 Chair back. Red clay, two birds flanking trees. [drawing 1:1]
(none) (none) (none) (none) unknown
2502 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Glass paste. Bluish white. Broken. Fragments missing. Two lines nearly illegible: ( )-bi-a; ( ) -il. Figures worn, indistinct. Neo-Babylon - Persian Period.
2503 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Not inscribed. greyish soapstone. Weather worn. Presentation to a seated goddess. Worshipper led by the hand. Flat crescent. Pillar-shaped altar [shown in drawing] (double). 24 x 33mm. Babylonian. About BC 2500. [drawing]
2504 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragment. Brown limestone. Fragment. One worshipper - one standing figure - of a god: Between them the crescent [shown in drawing] on a short support. About BC 2300
2529 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Soapstone. Slightly concave. Recut. Rough inscription added. [inscription represented here] Perhaps, sal-me zu: thy salme. A special class of votary. The scene represents an introduction to a seated goddess. About 2400 BC. Inscription more recent. [drawing]
2568 (none) (none) (none) _Seal impression_ on Fragment of clay sealing, with marks of strings at the back. Jar stopper : Procession of worshipers approaching [drawing] an altar? or a deity and bringing a kid offering About BC. 2400. Diqdiqqeh 1923-1924
2597 (none) (none) (none) Seal. Green glaze. Cynophelous monkey intaglio: pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
2599 (none) (none) (none) Portion of clay sealing. Seal depicting Gilgamesh and Ea-bani fighting human headed bulls. [drawing 1:1]
2600 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Broken. Black stone-basalt? Two worshippers on either side of a deity. Weapon of Nergal in the field. About BC 2000. [drawing]
2623 (none) (none) (none) Clay label. Zi-am-ili cow of As-la-ba-shi. Same mentioned in temple pay-list (U.2603) dated of Gungunu?as receiving 1/6 of silver shekel. U.2603, Obverse 5 as receiving 1/7 of silver shekel. Reverse has impression of two cords covered by the clay label. [drawing] [organization of original catalog card unclear]
2628 (none) (none) (none) Clay label. Time of Gunguru [inscription transcribed]. 20 ( ) of common cloth. 2 garment cut (us-bar). Hole pierced through to attach on bundle. [drawing]
2643 (none) 1927,1003.72 (none) Stone seal. Flat seal, pierced for suspension: design obliterated. Roughly circular.
2649 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Fragment. Soapstone. Scene: Two standing worshippers with one hand up. Behind them in the field the emblem of Nergal: a weapon formed of two curved blades on either side of central club - lion's heads at the end of each blade. [drawing]
2650 (none) (none) (none) Black clay sealing. Impression of the seal of Ama-ab-gi: Ama-ab-gi dam Ses-kal-la : wife of Shesh kal-la. Scene represents a seated goddess hand extended below crescent moon, perhaps holding small vase, and receiving the worshipper. [drawing]
2661 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey limestone. Rampant lion attacked by two figures of Gilgamesh. About BC 2600-2300. [drawing]

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