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)
13711	31-17-15	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design.
13722	31-17-24	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1]
13814A	31-16-618	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Man and ? Fragmentary. Inscription? HC.208.
13846	31-16-631	(none)	(none)	Seal Impressions. 2 pieces. Geometrical design as 13817
13872	31-16-622	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion, etc.
13880B	31-16-615	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Geometrical Design. Two pieces joined. one found several days later. This is better a tablet than a jar-sealing. Also another "Tablet" with same impression.
13912	31-16-675	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Rosette, altars and vessels?? etc.
13933	31-16-645	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Geometrical, perhaps belonging together.
13936	31-16-634	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical.
13938	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Finely cut figures: scorpion, ass, monkey? bull-head, etc. This seal is more clearly represented on 13963.
13954	31-16-679	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Arabesque.
13969	31-16-644, 31-16-644	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Inscription. HC..217.
13972	31-16-674	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??).
13979	31-16-641	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Hunting(?) man, stars, eagle, tree.
13980	31-16-607	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Gazelle, vegetation, man and jar.
13982	31-16-658	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion?
13984	31-16-628	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Gazelles and trees.
14000	31-16-616	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Cult scene. Naked man with pot before seated figure, behind him pots and another object.
14013	31-17-121	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
14041	31-17-17	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above; bird-headed men sucking drink from a bowl through a tube. Below; spread eagle and a pair of goats.
14087	31-17-116	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. Poor condition. Poor cutting. 2 lions crossed.
14101	31-16-655	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218
14103	37-7-103	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218 UET II: 332).
14115	31-16-651, 31-16-651	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Long inscription. HC.220.
14123A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Elaborate geometrical design. Also another [B] more fragmentary example.