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Objects: University of Pennsylvania Museum Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
1423 (none) (none) B15596 Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing]
14489 31-17-16 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite.
14495 31-17-18 (none) (none) Cylinder seal of white shell. The decoration consists simply of drill-point holes irregularly spaced over the whole surface.
14512 31-16-609 (none) (none) Seal impression. Wild ass (or horse) gazelle & man, etc.
14514 31-16-681 (none) (none) Seal impression. Animal & human figure.
14527 31-16-669 (none) (none) Seal impression. Geometrical.
14571 31-16-668 (none) (none) Seal impression. Line of men, in hand & pots.
14586 31-16-602 (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate linear pattern.
14588 30-12-761 (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate linear pattern.
14589A 31-16-646 (none) (none) [A-C] Seal impressions. 3 pieces containing the leaf pattern.
14589B 31-16-664 (none) (none) [A-C] Seal impressions. 3 pieces containing the leaf pattern.
14592 31-16-638 (none) (none) Seal impression. Linear pattern.
14594 31-16-640 (none) (none) Seal impression. Larsa, & c.
14597 31-16-603 (none) (none) Seal impression. 2 persons concerned with pots: a child; an emblem; a rosette stamp;
14599 31-16-647 (none) (none) Seal impression. Men with fishes.
14617 31-16-636 (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate linear.
14625 31-16-657 (none) (none) Seal impression. Naked figure with Urigal elaborate gateway. Star - 2 embracing persons, etc. Stamp from end of cylinder.
14641 31-16-662 (none) (none) Seal impression. Linear design (vegetational?)
14643 31-16-673 (none) (none) Seal impression. Dancing man?
14684 31-16-608 (none) (none) Seal impression. Scorpion (or some water animal? lava?)
14685 31-16-659 (none) (none) Seal impression. Trellis. cf. 14798, 14824.
14687 31-16-612 (none) (none) Seal impression. Design representing basketwork?
14688 31-16-605 (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate geometrical design.
14732 31-16-649 (none) (none) Seal impression. Geometrical design.
14733 31-16-678 (none) (none) Jar-sealing, mark of linen beneath.

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