Seals, Stamps, and Sealings

These objects are either used for marking objects, or are reminants of the impressions. These include stamps for bricks, cylinder seals, and seal impressions. They are made of stone terricotta for impressing clay or mud.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
3353	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Red Limestone? Worn. About BC. 800. [drawing]
3359	(none)	1927,1003.203	(none)	Seal cylinder. Diorite. About BC 2500. [drawing]
6003	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. Human figure, animals and inscription. Inscription(?) [reference to drawing] Perhaps: Lugal = king?
6004	(none)	1927,0527.185	(none)	Cylinder seal. Half of light pink marble row of human figures with small animals between and above. Sun god defeating his enemy. About BC 2600.
6005	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black and brown pebble diorite much worn; design practically lost. B
6020	(none)	1927,0527.201	(none)	Stamp seal, flattened hemispherical -obverse convex- top with decorative workings - 3 parallel lines running across centre and 4 concentric circles in corners. White steatite. Two Sumerian - man & wife bring as an offering a goat (?) and a vase of milk. diam. 0022 width 0004 About BC 3500. photograph 554 E.
6058	(none)	1927,0527.181	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 spread eagles, reversed and a scorpion. E.
6067	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 men exchanging greetings and inscription. Arad-dam son of Badada About BC 1900. B. VII. [drawing]
6084	(none)	1927,0527.180	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Reception scene, Nannar, minor god and votary. 2 lines of inscription. Inscription: Lugal-ezen. Son of Lugal. About BC 2400 E. 3rd Dynasty of Ur.
6085	35-1-610	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, swan, minor god, votary, swan and scorpion. About BC 2400. E.
6086	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject? Contest of men and animals. About BC 2400. B.
6090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Presentation to seated god probably Shamash. Worshipper introduced by seated goddess wearing horned attire and long pleated robe covering one shoulder and leaving other bare. Worshipper has fringed shawl. Attributes: ? Libra ? Inscription: Ilu-Shamash. c. 1st Babylonian Dynasty.B.
6092	(none)	1927,0527.189	(none)	Cylinder bead. White limestone. Decorated with criss cross incisions.
6105	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Minor god introducing votary carrying gazelle as gift to major god who holds a wand in his left hand. Inscription: dNin-suh sukkal-zid-anna gispa-azag su-du. To Nin-Suh. the pure messenger of heaven carrying the bright scepter. B
6130	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Incompletely pierced. Spread eagle siezing two lions. B.
6131	(none)	1927,0527.188	(none)	Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Weatherworn.
6132	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipping tree of life? B.
6134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Upper band, nine men, below animals and sacred tree. Bulls. Lion. Eagle. About BC 3000, B
6136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, minor god, grotesque figure and votary and Nergal weapon. B.
6165	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at bottom. Minor god, votary and inscription. Worshipper led by hand unto a standing armed (?) god- crescent. Du-( ) son of Sag-da( ). About BC 2300. B.
6189	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Bel-Marduk holding two rampant bulls - crescent and star. Time of Assyrian influence about BC 800. B.
6200	(none)	1927,0527.197	(none)	Broken cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Scene of worshipping. To dNin-shubur, the messenger of heaven About BC 2100.
6232	(none)	1927,0527.179	(none)	Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Kneeling man between two rampant lions. A standing hero seizes one lion by the tail. About BC 2200.
6252	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. God Martu carrying club. Gilgamesh with spouting vase. Naked votary of Ishtar. Turtle. Inscription dMartu. B.
6268	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. Worshipper introduced by an assistant goddess to a god like Shamash stepping forward and armed with a sword and scimitar. Ma-au-sum son of Ludingi-ra? About BC 2100. B.