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.

Objects: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
8085	(none)	1928,1009.18	(none)	Cylinder seal of yellowish white quartzite. Two registers: Above, a door(?), then a seated deity & a worshipper, then a worshipper pouring a libation into a tall vase with fronds rising from it, set in front of a seated deity. Below, 2 rams, one on each side of a tree, then a worshipper before a seated deity, then a man catching a rampant antelope. Very archaic style.
8389	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals.
8420	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Geometric decoration [drawing]
8993	(none)	(none)	B16875	Cylinder seal Dark greenish steatite. Very large with fine engraved scene: 3 human figures and 2 man-headed bulls crossed.
9526	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White steatite A man fighting 3 beasts, and a tree.
8513	(none)	(none)	B16869	Cylinder seal White shell, much decayed, but preserving an inscription in the upper register [drawing of inscription]
9528	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal White shell Very poor and almost wholly effaced: worship of a god, between 2 emblems(?)
9675	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Very much worn by use Presentation scene; 3 standing and 1 seated figure
9674	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Very much decayed 2 heroes fighting a lion and a bull: an inscription, much effaced.
8575	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313)
9120	(none)	1928,1009.22	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell The surface damaged Gilgamesh and Eabani
9117	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Subject: 2 figures seated and drinking through straws, one figure standing at their backs.
9290	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Standing god in shrine and one other standing figure. Poor condition and originally poor scratchy work
9503	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Somewhat decayed 2 very large scorpions with a star between them a standing human figure, and an upright pole with a star on top
9620	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Poor condition With copper caps: these are stuck into the seal with bitumen. Pig sticking scene: 3 heroes: 2 of them fighting a boar? The boar is obliterated.
10011	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal White shell Only the remains of it, completely decayed It hung on the silver belt with the gold dagger and whetstone
9310	(none)	(none)	B17009	Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba
9765	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal White shell Much decayed Fighting animals Inscription: en-ki-en-du dub-sar.......na (?) Enki-endu?, scribe....i (same name as on 9764) (H.C. 209)
9568	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal White shell In very poor condition: the subject was two men fighting an animal, but it was hardly distinguishable.
9970	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal White shell In poor condition Presentation scene with one seated deity and three figures approaching
9187	(none)	(none)	B16871	Cylinder seal White shell Burnt and reduced to lime. Scene: fighting men and animals.
9341	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal White shell Almost all the surface gone, but one small part left showing a lion, a stag and a spotted leopard. Found attached by a silver band to the belt.
9943	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal White Shell A man and lions fighting, and a lion fighting a bull, a small animal scene, and an inscription. dsara-men (?) dub-sar nin sara-men, scribe of the lady. Into the hole is fitted a tube of dark shale (?). (HC. 205).
10548	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Steatite? White Inscribed Unpierced dumu-sal x ... A-HA daughter of .....Subaru
8461	(none)	1928,1009.33	(none)	Cylinder seal Steatite? Grey Two registers Above: door of a shrine? Two gods seated and facing one another between them a spread eagle Below: spread eagle