This category includes people with their hand or hands raised, they are not holding anything.  The hand can be in front of the face, or above the head.  Rarely are two hands raised above the head.  

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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)
13521 31-17-118 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. White. 2 registers. Imperfect condition. Above: banquet scene, 3 seated figures, two of them sucking drink through a tube the third approached by a standing figure third approached by a standing figure. Below: two rows and a spread eagle.
13552 31-17-125 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Crude cutting.
13653 31-16-629 (none) (none) Jar-sealing. Archaic human figures and unidentified details.
13663 31-17-23 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100.
13687 31-16-610 (none) (none) Seal impression. Scorpion? Man with radiate hair, lion.
1375 (none) (none) B15633 Figurine. Greenish grey clay: moulded. Female(?) figure seated on chair, (legs in profile) wearing horned headdress and flounced skirt. P.
1392 (none) (none) B15643 Drab clay relief. Moulded. 2 figures standing, wearing flounced skirts, one with horned headdress. Crescent of moon and stars above. P.
14000 31-16-616 (none) (none) Seal impression. Cult scene. Naked man with pot before seated figure, behind him pots and another object.
14196 31-16-665 (none) (none) Seal impression. Naked man with staff(?) over shoulder, animals.
14489 31-17-16 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite.
14514 31-16-681 (none) (none) Seal impression. Animal & human figure.
14597 31-16-603 (none) (none) Seal impression. 2 persons concerned with pots: a child; an emblem; a rosette stamp;
14625 31-16-657 (none) (none) Seal impression. Naked figure with Urigal elaborate gateway. Star - 2 embracing persons, etc. Stamp from end of cylinder.
14643 31-16-673 (none) (none) Seal impression. Dancing man?
14753 31-16-660 (none) (none) Seal impression. Very primitive, human figure.
15043 31-17-19 (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Presentation. Star in crescent. Inscription dNin-gal-nam-nin-kho-ul dumu lu-dingir-ra N. son of L. scribe. HC.103.
1528 (none) (none) B15654 Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Red clay, yellow surface: moulded. Figure in horned headdress. P.
15307 31-17-126 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. 2 men & 2 scorpions.
15309 31-17-22 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation scene. Poor cutting.
15320 31-17-115 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White shell, much worn and defaced. (Found below burial K)
15478 31-17-20 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion.
15479 31-17-130 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Chariot drawn by an antelope(?) headed by a man. Emblem-spread eagle.
1566 (none) (none) B15651 Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Female(?) figure with headdress and garment on left shoulder, the right arm raised. P.
15712 31-16-776 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded deity, tall and slim, peg-shaped below waist, naturalistic above. Wearing long coat covering one arm and leaving the other exposed. On either side two long snakes. Heads level with head of figure.
15749 31-16-914 (none) (none) Terracotta plaque. 2 figures, full face - in high relief. A bearded male deity and a goddess wearing high horned headdress, earrings? Necklace consisting of 3 strings of beads, and pleated coat which leaves right shoulder exposed. Right arm of goddess rests against left shoulder of god. Fragment: head only of god, goddess missing below waist.

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