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

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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)
20083U 35-1-693 (none) (none) [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.
20083V 35-1-694 (none) (none) [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.
20083W 35-1-695 (none) (none) [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.
20083X 35-1-696 (none) (none) [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.
20083Y 35-1-697 (none) (none) [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.
20083Z 35-1-698 (none) (none) [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.
20083L 35-1-684 (none) (none) [A-AH] Seal Impressions on mud jar sealings all accidentally burnt and all fragmentary.
18414A 33-35-432 (none) (none) [A-AG] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of. With impressions all from the same seal: man fighting animals.
16561A 31-43-79 (none) (none) [A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561C 31-43-86, 31-43-87 (none) (none) [A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561D 31-43-87, 31-43-88 (none) (none) [A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561E 31-43-88 (none) (none) [A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
17011 31-43-5 (none) (none) Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17254 (none) (none) (none) Tablet [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16546 31-43-36 (none) (none) Steatite cylinder seal. Ur-gar(?). HC.30/II, 2.
16021 31-43-25, 31-43-25 (none) (none) Steatite Cylinder seal. Nana son of Gudea,the jeweller. HC.30/I.7. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17245 31-43-33, 31-43-33 (none) (none) Steatite cylinder seal. Lazib, son of Bibi.[CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16022 31-43-39, 31-43-39 (none) (none) Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragmentary . d.Sulpae son of... HC.30/I.8. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16026 31-43-23 (none) (none) Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragment. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
19974 35-1-18 (none) (none) Stamp seal. [drawing 1:1]
17100 31-43-67 (none) (none) Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Conoid. Bearded male figure holding an offering before a throne (?) or altar with a high back in which is planted a spear. Emblems. Fish and crescent moon. [drawing]
1423 (none) (none) B15596 Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing]
17797 32-40-345 (none) (none) Stamp seal. Shell. One side flattened and rough representation of animal drilled and scratched on. [drawing 1:1]
16211 31-43-1 (none) (none) Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1]
18167 32-40-320 (none) (none) Stamp seal. Of dark and light grey pebble. Rectangular, with slightly convex top, pierced longitudinally. Rough design on base, of a man with his arms raised and his legs twisted up in an impossible fashion (?) [drawing]

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