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.

Objects: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16344	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16859a	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16879	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16899	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16902	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16904	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17581	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17600	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17601	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17602	Unknown
17011	31-43-5	(none)	(none)	Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16546	31-43-36	(none)	(none)	Steatite cylinder seal. Ur-gar(?). HC.30/II, 2.
16021	31-43-25, 31-43-25	(none)	(none)	Steatite Cylinder seal. Nana son of Gudea,the jeweller. HC.30/I.7. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17245	31-43-33, 31-43-33	(none)	(none)	Steatite cylinder seal. Lazib, son of Bibi.[CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16022	31-43-39, 31-43-39	(none)	(none)	Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragmentary . d.Sulpae son of... HC.30/I.8. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16026	31-43-23	(none)	(none)	Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragment. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
19974	35-1-18	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. [drawing 1:1]
17100	31-43-67	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Conoid. Bearded male figure holding an offering before a throne (?) or altar with a high back in which is planted a spear. Emblems. Fish and crescent moon. [drawing]
1423	(none)	(none)	B15596	Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing]
17797	32-40-345	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Shell. One side flattened and rough representation of animal drilled and scratched on. [drawing 1:1]
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]
18167	32-40-320	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Of dark and light grey pebble. Rectangular, with slightly convex top, pierced longitudinally. Rough design on base, of a man with his arms raised and his legs twisted up in an impossible fashion (?) [drawing]
16117	31-43-66	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Mauve chalcedony(?) Concial-suspended by copper wire. Roughly engraved with figure of a man. [drawing]
17340	31-43-11	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1]
18337	33-35-169	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular, with convex tip, pierced horizontally. Subject: 2 animals, a third animal and an unrecognizable object: engraved mostly with the circular drill.