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)
16927G	31-43-7	(none)	(none)	Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering]
17028	31-43-69	(none)	(none)	Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Oval. Upper side convex and umbilical antelope (?) and a bird on its back [drawing 1:1]
16734	31-43-68	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Glazed frit. Palm tree(?) Perforated for suspension. [drawing]
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]
16117	31-43-66	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Mauve chalcedony(?) Concial-suspended by copper wire. Roughly engraved with figure of a man. [drawing]
17014	31-43-65	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Miniature. Gilgamesh and Eabani fighting rampant lion.
16623	31-43-64	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Unfinished. Unpierced. 2 standing figures. Crude cutting.
17314	31-43-63	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Unpierced. Unfinished. A reserve for an inscription which has not been inserted.
16656	31-43-62	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, carnelian. 2 bird-like beasts and star.
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.
16605	31-43-6	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square. Perforated through holder. Pair of crescent moons. Pair of stars; pair of ostriches. [drawing]
16794	31-43-59	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Glazed Frit Type same as U.16.606.
16559D	31-43-58	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16559C	31-43-57	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16559B	31-43-56	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16559E	31-43-55	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible.
16104	31-43-54	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Presentation scene before seated deity. Palm tree.
16612	31-43-53	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Presentation scene. 3 standing deities. Crescent moon and Palm.
17015	31-43-52	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 figures before a standing goddess. Goose
16547	31-43-51	(none)	(none)	Limestone cylinder seal Nin-es(?)-ba-na, Son of ... H.C. 30/II, 3.
16122	31-43-50	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Banquet scene, 2 seated figures drinking from a common cup out of tubes. Behind one of them a standing figure. Poor cutting.
17011	31-43-5	(none)	(none)	Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum 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.
(none)	31-43-48	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	31-43-47	(none)	(none)	Unknown