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)
17321	31-43-61	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Marble (?). Brown. Sides convex. God standing behind a crescent on a pole and a second deity introducing the votary advances toward the pole. Dwarf like figure. Animal.
17322	31-43-18	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Light brown. Trial piece. Unfinished.
17325	31-43-40	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Grey. One roughly cut human figure and second carrying an animal (?) two spears? [second carrying an animal has been crossed out on catalog card]
17326	31-43-49	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Two standing figures. Between them crescent on a pole. A third figure inverted to the other two.
17328	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. One human figure thus [drawing] and a small animal (?) roughly incised.
17329	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene.
1733	(none)	(none)	B15589	Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very scratchily engraved on one side only with design of 2 men fighting a lion. P. [drawing]
17332	31-43-17	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. 3 geese (?).
17334	31-43-41	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. Enkidu and Eabani fighting rampant lion.
1734	(none)	(none)	B15590	Cylinder seal. grey stone. Broken. Upper part only of introduction scene with crescent moon in front of god. P.
17340	31-43-11	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1]
17341	31-43-76	(none)	(none)	Button seal. Steatite(?). White. Fragment. Half only remains. Animals. With a boss on the upper side perforated for suspension.
17344	31-43-30	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Dark grey. Small portion missing. Presentation scene. Two standing figures before a seated god. Crescent moon.
17355	31-43-71	(none)	(none)	Scarab. Glass paste. Yellowish. Tip missing. Two hieroglyphic (?) signs and a seated deity. RA?
17421B	(none)	(none)	(none)	2 signet rings. Silver. [A] One with circular bezel. [B] One with oval bezel.
17662	32-40-319	(none)	(none)	Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1]
17678	32-40-324	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White limestone. Eye; joined ladders. On photo: U.17679.
17702	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Clay. Tree encircled with fillet between 2 adoring figures; crescent on staff.
17715	32-40-322	(none)	(none)	Seal. Persian type. Chalcedone. Pierced for threading, engraved lines on face [drawing 1:1].
17726	32-40-330	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. 2 men fighting a lion.
17763	32-40-329	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Obscured; 2 lines of inscription. Adoring figure of goddess separated by star on staff.
17797	32-40-345	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Shell. One side flattened and rough representation of animal drilled and scratched on. [drawing 1:1]
17806C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Groups: From one burial. (A) Gold fillet, of narrow thin ribbon, twisted. (B) [B.1-.2] A pair of gold earrings, each consisting of two complete earrings intertwined, of the small hollow lunate type: in each case, one earring is fatter than the other: D.'s 15mm and 13mm respectively. One hoop is broken. (C) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli, standing, human figures roughly cut. (D) Gold finger ring, hollow tube pressed in along the periphery thus [drawing]. (E) Beads: gold and carnelian, lapis and silver diamonds: gold and carnelian barrels and double conoids; mixed types, large lentoids, bugles, balls and double conoids of carnelian, agate, lapis. For order see field notes.
17811D	32-40-325	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A, E-I] Six gold earrings, small hollow lunate type, worn in sets of 3 in each earrings, small hollow lunate type, worn in sets of 3 in each ear. (B) Gold finger ring, thin metal with edges bent inwards to form a ribbed hoop. [drawing] (C) Beads: lapis diamonds, gold double conoids, silver disks, carnelian and steatite lentoids. (D) Cylinder seal, shell: hunter and lion and 2 columns of inscription.
17835A	32-40-308	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing]