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)
18239 (none) 1933,1013.84 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Very roughly cut, and damaged: a goddess seated before a table, with standing worshipper: behind the goddess a tree.
18281 (none) 1933,1013.81 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steaitte. Star and crascent on staff above altar: naked goddess standing full face: worshipper with basket facing a standing god who rests his foot on a lion (?). Poor work.
18346 (none) 1933,1013.78 (none) Cylinder seal of dark purple glazed glazed frit. Two trees (?) and pomegranates (?)
18217 (none) 1933,1013.77 (none) Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Design indistinct, a row of seated human figures mostly done with drill dots and some connecting incised lines. Very early type.
18551 (none) 1933,1013.76 (none) Cylinder seal. Pink limestone (chipped). 3 figures advancing left.
18691 (none) 1933,1013.75 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Introduction scene with seated goddess and 1 standing figure and a tree: star and crescent above and 2 standing figures: there has been an inscription which is all weathered away.
18333 (none) 1933,1013.73 (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. 2 columns of inscription.
18216 (none) 1933,1013.72 (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Badly worn: designed of naked hunter with lion and rampant animals.
18363A (none) 1933,1013.61 (none) [A] Cylinder seal (?). Copper. In very bad condition. [B] With it a plain copper wire bracelet.
16809 (none) 1933,1013.52 (none) Shell cylinder seal (not pierced). ^dAdad-ba(?)-ni(?) ,dumu Nu-ur- ^dAdad...
18307 (none) 1933,1013.235 (none) Jeweller's trial piece. Fragment of a large pot of of light drab clay on which is roughly scratched the design for a cylinder seal. Subject: seated god and standing god introducing a man behind whom is an ostrich (?).
(none) (none) 1933,1013.228 (none) (none)
18359 (none) 1933,1013.227 (none) Terracotta mould for a small figure, grotesque, naked, full face, with bent knees, urinating.
(none) (none) 1932,1008.262 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1932,1008.258 (none) (none)
17603 (none) 1932,1008.251 (none) Clay mould for nude female figure (broken and mended).
18190 (none) 1932,1008.179 (none) Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Square pyramidal design, a spread eagle.
17649 (none) 1932,1008.178 (none) Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular with ribbed loop handle Mohenjodaro type with characteric Indian bull and inscription of 4 characters. [drawing]
17706 (none) 1932,1008.177 (none) Cylinder seal. Clay. Tree between 2 adoring figures; crescent above one; 1 line erased inscription.
18157 (none) 1932,1008.176 (none) Cylinder seal. Frit, once glazed but glaze all perished. Crude design: a hunter, with birds in the field: triangle border.
18182 (none) 1932,1008.175 (none) Cylinder seal. White marble. A double row of horizontal slashes.
17607 (none) 1932,1008.173 (none) Cylinder seal. White steatite. Solid type, unpierced with 2 columns of inscription, roughly done, and no figures.
17868 (none) 1932,1008.173 (none) Cylinder seal. White limestone. Introduction scene with seated deity and 2 standing figures: poor work.
17958 (none) 1932,1008.169 (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit. Kneeling man shooting many antlered gazelle.
18174 (none) 1932,1008.168 (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit -- the glaze perished. Rampant goat (?) and dragon.

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