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)
10605	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing Stamped on both sides with cylinder about 0025 long: Horned & hoofed being erect held by erect lions to right and left. Inscription 5 signs at ends of lines cf. U.10 133.
10632	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing Inscribed with numerals H.C. 304
10604	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing Fragment: about 6 signs visible,= ? not legible
13985	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal? Apparently button stamp seal with numerous confused and badly cut signs. Nothing legible (except possibly Ses-ki and Kur ?).
14791	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal? With cruciform pattern.
11680	31-16-630	(none)	(none)	Clay Seal Impressions on lamp or tablet. with geometrical design spread eagle, star, sun? (like sign UD) angular man(?) carrying pot, and other things.
7700	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Roughly cube-shaped lump with beginning of same inscription on each face. cf. U.6360, doubtless seal of son of present Sinikisan who had same name as his grandfather Ilusu-ibisa. Date = Hammurabi. HC.3
7714	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Pyramidal lump containing part of same impression on each face. A servant of Dimtabba? HC.14.
18325	33-35-262	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Men and animals fighting. [Note on back of card reads Check in Catalog of Vol. IV, was there, but has been removed. The note is signed [illegible], and dated 1936.]
18311	33-35-261	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Long strip of clay on which a very fair impression. A standing figure (?): before him a small figure fallen backwards (?): behind him two dwarflike figure in violent action (?) = above a guilloche: beyond them, two rampant beasts heraldically crossed (?)
18310	33-35-260	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. In a rectangular frame a guilloche, the strands made up of 3 narrow bands at one end, remains of an animal scene.
11681	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal Impression. Geometrical design (clay mixed with bitumen?)
18289	33-35-259	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. From a cylinder. Standing figure of worshipper, with shaven head and long dress.
18253	33-35-189	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Archaic. Broken and incomplete. A naked man fighting, two heraldically crossed animals: a crouched bull and a seated goddess.
12501	(none)	1935,0113.632	(none)	Clay seal impression. 1)Naked warrior and god? Incription: ^dutu. 2) Lower half of another (?) figure. HC1809
11641	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Seal Impression. (With bitumen?) (impressed) showing seated god. cf. 11601
14113	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay object. Jar sealing?
13809	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay object. Hatched with finely ruled lines.
2628	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay label. Time of Gunguru [inscription transcribed]. 20 ( ) of common cloth. 2 garment cut (us-bar). Hole pierced through to attach on bundle. [drawing]
6720	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay label with seal impressions. 10) dLi-bi-it-ishtar, mighty king, king of Ur, Ur ( ), scribe, son of Lu dNinni, thy servant. 20) Bashailishu, scribe, son of Enlil-nadin H.C.
6704	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay label with seal impression. Nannar-shagga, scribe, sone of Nannar-azag-ab(?), annointer of the apsu of Nannar, servant of dDim-tabba Cf. U.6300.
11638	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Jar-sealings. 5 fragments of large impressions from large animal scene; from concave cylinder. cf. 11601
11640	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Jar-sealings. 3 fragments. cf. 11601
11636	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Jar-sealings. 2 fragmentary impressions from animal scene with 3 signs of inscription. Banag-ga...ni...& 1 fragment (marks of cloth on underside). cf. 11601
11639	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Jar-sealing. 5 fragments (which join) of large. animal scene. cf. 11601