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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(none) | 31-43-240 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
16677 | 31-43-24 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey marble? Presentation scene: 2 standing figures before a seated god. | |
16026 | 31-43-23 | (none) | (none) | Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragment. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
17044F | 31-43-220 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
16107 | 31-43-22 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Reddish stone. Linear design. Archaic. | |
17044C | 31-43-219 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
17044B | 31-43-218 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
17044E | 31-43-217 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
17044A | 31-43-216 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
17044D | 31-43-215 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
16198A | 31-43-213 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bronze [bronze is struck through and silver written next to it] finger rings. (A) one with circular bezel. Phil. | |
16599 | 31-43-21 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. (Not pierced) Gimil- ^dNin-gis-si(d) , dumu ^dLugal-gu-ni-da. | |
16555 | 31-43-20, 31-43-20 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, white calcite. Ga-ad-i(?)-li(?)-a, daughter of Ah(?)-na-nu-um H.C. 30/II, 11 | |
16408 | 31-43-2 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Circular, convex above of striped black and white marble, design almost entirely perished; worked mostly with the drill. [drawing 1:1] | |
16749 | 31-43-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. 2 crescents on poles and an X. Rough work. | |
17319 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Animals (?) at gate of shrine course cutting. | |
![]() | 17322 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Light brown. Trial piece. Unfinished. |
17332 | 31-43-17 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. 3 geese (?). | |
(none) | 31-43-16 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
16653 | 31-43-154 | (none) | (none) | Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads. | |
(none) | 31-43-15 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 31-43-14 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
16620 | 31-43-13 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Part of design obliterated. Presentation scene - originally 4 standing figures (3) only remain) before an enthroned god. Last figure carries a lamp(?). Crescent Moon. | |
(none) | 31-43-12 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
17340 | 31-43-11 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1] |
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Child Terms
Brick Stamps - Cylinder Seals - Seal Impression - Stamp Seals