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)
9642	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Green stone A seated goddess: a god (Nannar) grasping 2 lions: usual scene
9502	(none)	(none)	B16873, B16873	Cylinder seal Green ston A hero fighting a lion and a second fighting a long-horned bull (?): between the animals a star and crescent, between the men a single column of inscription. A-ki-ru-um. (HC.202)
9844	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Green marble Inscribed Copper cap at each end. Scene of worship: en-menOan-na/ ur-si/ niOdu/ arad-da-ni - Enmenanna. Ursi, porter, his servant. Enthroned god saluting three divinities who approach with offerings. Enthroned god wears a wide brimmed conical cap. Attribute: the sun. Before him a flat-staff ? with a flag ? on a tripod. First approaching deity has a sword? suspended from waist, the second carries 2 corn ? stalks. Third deity carries a curved notched trident ? - (a name is written alongside this deity). Behind the throne a gazelle, and above it is a 3 column inscription.
9268	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Frit Subject indistinct: A crescent moon and standing warriors
9542	(none)	1928,1010.246	(none)	Cylinder seal Fragment Upper half missing Mottled marble Inscribed Presentation scene before seated god. Flounced kaukanes skirts.
9908	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Fighting animals(?) rough and worn example.
8673	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Dark steatite Two registers: above, swans Below, fish?? Poor rough work, approaching to the period of the IIIrd Dynasty
9186	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Dark steatite Introduction scene with 1 seated and 3 standing figures and a tree. Poor work.
9504	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Dark steatite Broken Presentation scene: seated Nannar with crescent, minor god and worshipper
9652	(none)	(none)	B16857	Cylinder seal Dark steatite A hero fighting a bull (or wild oryx)? and a lion and a bull fighting.
9634	(none)	(none)	B16935	Cylinder Seal Dark steatite 2 heroes fighting lions
9527	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Dark steatite 2 heroes fighting beasts Poor scratchy style
9282	(none)	1928,1009.27	(none)	Cylinder seal Dark mottled steatite with copper caps. Introduction scene: seated god and 3 figures approaching him and carrying respectively a tall vase, a cup and box and a gazelle [three lines of undecipherable text erased]
9750	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Dark green stone copper caps (one broken) Very finely engraved with religious scenes - god in shrine; god approaching a temple on a mountain, etc.
9513	(none)	(none)	B16941	Cylinder seal Dark green steatite The eagle grasping 2 stags
10718	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Copper Minute Subject- Possibly presentation scene before seated god
10757	(none)	(none)	B16924	Cylinder Seal Carnelian with gold caps 3 goddesses, one seated; on the lap of the seated goddess a naked male figure. All the goddesses wear wigs of similar type and hair done up at back in a bun. One advances towards throne carrying a bowl, the second carries a vase with a splayed base suspended by a long handle. Behind throne a goddess carrying an (Ostrich fan?) All the goddesses wear skirts fringed at bottom and with a long hem running down side.
10323	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Calcite? White. 2 lapis caps inserted into the ends of the seal present a flat lapis surface thus giving the seal the appearance of having a solid lapis core. 2 registers: Upper: Enthroned deity in front of a (champagne?) vase out of which rises (corn?) 2 bird-headed figures wearing sheep-skin skirts approach it. Between them the crescent moon: one carries an offering vase. On either side of each palm a bird-headed figure.
9878	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Blue and white marble, speckled Palm, 2 rampant lions crossed and a rampant gazelle.
9158	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Black steatite Presentation scene, seated & 3 standing figures.
9923	(none)	1928,1010.250	(none)	Cylinder Seal Black steatite Men fighting bulls and lions
9283	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Black steatite Men fighting bull & lion an inscription has been intentionally erased
10764	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Black steatite Crude second-rate cutting Male figure with head resembling a deaths head, standing between 2 tall rampant bipeds with long bills. Behind each a rampant beast, one of which is a lion; beyond the lion a tree, a bird-headed male figure wearing a (fork diadem)? and a vertical wavy line representing running water.
9060	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Black steatite A standing bearded male accosts a seated god and a similar standing figure accosts a kneeling deity
9893	(none)	1928,1010.248	(none)	Cylinder Seal Black steatite 3 animals and a man fighting