Crosshatch pattern in two registers

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Object no.	S00396
Description of the seal image	The lower part of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the top and is separated into two registers by a double ruling in the middle. The registers show crosshatch patterns.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- borderline: line border at the top; the registers are separated by a double ruling in the middle - geometric pattern: crosshatch pattern
Subcategory	bead cylinder seal
Collection	The British Museum
Museum number	BM WA 141751 – 1994-11-5, 408
Condition, shape	missing lower third; worn
Culture	Neo-Assyrian
Provenance	excavated by Sir Max Mallowan at Kalḫu (Nimrud)
First occurence	1950's
Archaeological context	Kalḫu (Nimrud)
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 18 (max.), d: 9
Material and features	"Faience: now cream and grey with traces of green glaze surviving. XRF analysis suggested that a yellow opacifier was used, but blue copper colourant may have leached away during burial. The seal may have been yellow or green."
Style	sintered quartz
Scene	geometric
Transliteration	N/A
Bibliography	Collon 2001, 196 no. 396 and pl. XXXIII. Collon, D.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 5) London, 2001.

Object history

The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (2 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz

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Crosshatch pattern in two registers

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