Seals, Stamps, and Sealings
This category includes objects used for marking other objects for purposes of showing ownership.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 598 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with two impressions of a seal with 8 lines of inscription, on left seated figure of a divinity, on right standing figure of a worshipper. See U.997-U.999. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 740 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impressions. The 1st shows one complete standing figure and one partly broken figure, and one line of a broken inscription. The second has 3-line inscription A-als(ba?) son of En-an-na-du priest of Sin. Placed in IN/No. 8. | |
| 581 | (none) | 1935,0113.746 | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Standing divine figure with 3 line inscription Seal of -AB-BA son of EN-NA... priest of Nannar. |
| 579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing misproportioned standing figure, and the legs of another figure advancing towards him. | |
| 739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing divine figure standing before altar. 3-line inscription Imgur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun son of Lugal-banda and a second impression showing bottom of standing figures. Duplicate of 738. [Presumably U.738] Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 580 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing a figure resembling Amurru and a standing figure behind. | |
| 959 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression, showing animal figures and a tree. | |
| 582 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression showing portions of 3 line inscription, duplicate of U.576 and another impression with standing figure + 2 lines of a broken inscription. | |
| 583 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression showing part of a divine figure with left arm raised, right arm perhaps hanging down right side. | |
| 734 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression of (Im)-gur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun servant of Lugalbanda. Duplicate 739 [likely U.739] See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 13967 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with impression of? |
| 733 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with 2 seal impressions. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 14631 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment (with jar-sealing, etc.) scrabblings. |
| 575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment (jar sealing?) With two seal impressions. One shows 5 line inscription the other 4 lines, broken. |
| 13838 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment (jar sealing?) With two incised signs: Ur -? (cf. 13914) HC.2001. (Perhaps SIS3 (Not SIS4)) |
| 2757 | (none) | 1927,1003.9 | (none) | Clay cylindrical column of Sin-balatsuigbi. Copy of inscriptions of Bur-Sin recording the foundation of 3 statues Ivth column in Semitic: Copy of bricks from? Ur work of Bur-Sin king of Ur, (which) when searching for the plan lines of Egish-shirgal, Sinbalatsuigbi, vice regent of Ur (has found). Nabushumiddina son of Idin-an-ni-u. priest (kal-lu) of Sin, for inspection has singled and inscribed. On the top: (In front) of the shrine of Enlil. H.C. (A15, p384) | |
| 12974 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cylinder. Fragment. 1st sign only of ten lines. |
| 6721 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bulla with seal impression. Neo-Babylonian cone seal printed 5 times. Represents, the Persian lance bearer standing up - About BC 450. |
| 79 | (none) | 1923,1110.40 | (none) | Clay brick-stamps, Fr. of with figs in bold relief. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18393 | 33-35-159 | (none) | (none) | Clay ball flattened on one side. Incised on it, lines which may be merely decoration but may be script. |
| 411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chalcedony seal. Very roughly engraved with design of two fish. [drawing 1:1] |
| 487 | (none) | (none) | B15256 | Chalcedony seal. Same shape as U.486. Subject [referencing drawin] [drawing] | |
| 489 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chalcedony seal. Same shape as U.486. Subject [drawing] |
| 486 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chalcedony seal [drawing] |
| 499 | (none) | (none) | B16199 | Carnelian seal-stone, shaped as U.486. Subject, couchant sphinx. Strung up on U.500 E [drawing] |
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Child Terms
Brick Stamps - Cylinder Seals - Seal Impression - Stamp Seals