Decoration

This is anything that is added or subtracted from the surface of an object, usually for artistic purposes.

Objects: Decoration Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
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.
13681	31-16-621	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. men, animals (?) and caduceus(?) PR 1404
13687	31-16-610	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion? Man with radiate hair, lion.
13688	31-16-667	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Man with radiate hair and animals.
13711	31-17-15	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design.
13722	31-17-24	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1]
13814A	31-16-618	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Man and ? Fragmentary. Inscription? HC.208.
13846	31-16-631	(none)	(none)	Seal Impressions. 2 pieces. Geometrical design as 13817
13872	31-16-622	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion, etc.
13880B	31-16-615	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Geometrical Design. Two pieces joined. one found several days later. This is better a tablet than a jar-sealing. Also another "Tablet" with same impression.
13912	31-16-675	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Rosette, altars and vessels?? etc.
13933	31-16-645	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Geometrical, perhaps belonging together.
13936	31-16-634	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical.
13938	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Finely cut figures: scorpion, ass, monkey? bull-head, etc. This seal is more clearly represented on 13963.
13954	31-16-679	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Arabesque.
13969	31-16-644, 31-16-644	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Inscription. HC..217.
13972	31-16-674	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??).
13979	31-16-641	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Hunting(?) man, stars, eagle, tree.
13980	31-16-607	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Gazelle, vegetation, man and jar.
13982	31-16-658	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion?
13984	31-16-628	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Gazelles and trees.
14000	31-16-616	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Cult scene. Naked man with pot before seated figure, behind him pots and another object.
14013	31-17-121	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
14041	31-17-17	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above; bird-headed men sucking drink from a bowl through a tube. Below; spread eagle and a pair of goats.