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)
1648	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Clay. Presentation to deity, broken.
1659	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Light red stone. A four-winged deity fighting a winged antelope: crescent above. Cutting and style appear Kassite.
1707	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Stone. Half broken away. With erect animal and human figure.
1708	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Fragment, shell. With traces of design.
1712	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from middle of a small baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus, containing parts of both columns duplicate of U.1111, etc.
1720	(none)	1924,0920.57	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Unfinished and broken; with single figure of erect lion. Found with figurine U.1712.
2502	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Glass paste. Bluish white. Broken. Fragments missing. Two lines nearly illegible: ( )-bi-a; ( ) -il. Figures worn, indistinct. Neo-Babylon - Persian Period.
2503	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Not inscribed. greyish soapstone. Weather worn. Presentation to a seated goddess. Worshipper led by the hand. Flat crescent. Pillar-shaped altar [shown in drawing] (double). 24 x 33mm. Babylonian. About BC 2500. [drawing]
2504	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Fragment. Brown limestone. Fragment. One worshipper - one standing figure - of a god: Between them the crescent [shown in drawing] on a short support. About BC 2300
2505	(none)	(none)	(none)	Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing]
2529	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Soapstone. Slightly concave. Recut. Rough inscription added. [inscription represented here] Perhaps, sal-me zu: thy salme. A special class of votary. The scene represents an introduction to a seated goddess. About 2400 BC. Inscription more recent. [drawing]
2568	(none)	(none)	(none)	_Seal impression_ on Fragment of clay sealing, with marks of strings at the back. Jar stopper : Procession of worshipers approaching [drawing] an altar? or a deity and bringing a kid offering About BC. 2400. Diqdiqqeh 1923-1924
2583	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. With seal impress. of "Libit-Ishtar (Isin Dynasty about BC 2095) powerful king, king of the land, and of Idin-Dagan the --- his servant." Oil, a present, portion of Ningal (to the priest of Ninni-ishtar - from Lugulezen the diviner seal of receipt of Idin-Dagan. Obv. 7 lines. Rev. 2 " H.C.
2597	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. Green glaze. Cynophelous monkey intaglio: pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
2599	(none)	(none)	(none)	Portion of clay sealing. Seal depicting Gilgamesh and Ea-bani fighting human headed bulls. [drawing 1:1]
2600	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Broken. Black stone-basalt? Two worshippers on either side of a deity. Weapon of Nergal in the field. About BC 2000. [drawing]
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]
2643	(none)	1927,1003.72	(none)	Stone seal. Flat seal, pierced for suspension: design obliterated. Roughly circular.
2649	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Fragment. Soapstone. Scene: Two standing worshippers with one hand up. Behind them in the field the emblem of Nergal: a weapon formed of two curved blades on either side of central club - lion's heads at the end of each blade. [drawing]
2650	(none)	(none)	(none)	Black clay sealing. Impression of the seal of Ama-ab-gi: Ama-ab-gi dam Ses-kal-la : wife of Shesh kal-la. Scene represents a seated goddess hand extended below crescent moon, perhaps holding small vase, and receiving the worshipper. [drawing]
2661	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. grey limestone. Rampant lion attacked by two figures of Gilgamesh. About BC 2600-2300. [drawing]
2683	(none)	1927,1003.201	(none)	Seal cylinder. Carnelian. Time of Assyr influence about BC 700. [drawing]
2684	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Weather worn. Soapstone. [drawing]
2714	(none)	1927,1003.205	(none)	Seal cylinder. Rock crystal. Broken. Unusual scene. About BC 2300. [drawing]
2726	(none)	1927,1003.195	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC2100 [drawing]