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.
Objects: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings
Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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14013 | 31-17-121 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
(none) | 31-17-122 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 31-17-123 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
15813 | 31-17-124, 31-17-124 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed. | |
13552 | 31-17-125 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Crude cutting. | |
15307 | 31-17-126 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. 2 men & 2 scorpions. | |
(none) | 31-17-127 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 31-17-128 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 31-17-129 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
15479 | 31-17-130 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Chariot drawn by an antelope(?) headed by a man. Emblem-spread eagle. | |
13711 | 31-17-15 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design. | |
14489 | 31-17-16 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. | |
![]() | 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. |
14495 | 31-17-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of white shell. The decoration consists simply of drill-point holes irregularly spaced over the whole surface. | |
15043 | 31-17-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Presentation. Star in crescent. Inscription dNin-gal-nam-nin-kho-ul dumu lu-dingir-ra N. son of L. scribe. HC.103. | |
15478 | 31-17-20 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion. | |
15474 | 31-17-21 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 scorpions. | |
15309 | 31-17-22 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation scene. Poor cutting. | |
13663 | 31-17-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100. | |
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] | |
12771N | 31-17-319D | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid]. | |
16211 | 31-43-1 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1] | |
17121A | 31-43-10 | (none) | (none) | Seals. Two steatite plaques, rectangular and oblong, flat on one side and gabled on the other, the gabled side pierced perhaps for a metal ring handle. A) [drawing 1:1] thus, with rough design of a scorpion. B) smaller but apparently with the same design (much worn) | |
17340 | 31-43-11 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1] | |
(none) | 31-43-12 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
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Modern Reproductions - Animal Equipment - Architectural Elements - Armor and Weaponry - Dress and Personal Ornaments - Figural Objects - Furniture - Games and Music - Not Assigned - Personal Grooming - Samples - Tools and Equipment - Vessels/Containers - Weights and Measures - Miniatures/Models - Unknown - Writing and Record Keeping
Child Terms
Brick Stamps - Cylinder Seals - Seal Impression - Stamp Seals