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)
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)
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]
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].
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]
13663	31-17-23	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100.
15309	31-17-22	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation scene. Poor cutting.
15474	31-17-21	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 scorpions.
15478	31-17-20	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion.
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.
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.
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.
14489	31-17-16	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite.
13711	31-17-15	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design.
15479	31-17-130	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Chariot drawn by an antelope(?) headed by a man. Emblem-spread eagle.
(none)	31-17-129	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	31-17-128	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	31-17-127	(none)	(none)	Unknown
15307	31-17-126	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. 2 men & 2 scorpions.
13552	31-17-125	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Crude cutting.
15813	31-17-124, 31-17-124	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed.
(none)	31-17-123	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	31-17-122	(none)	(none)	Unknown
14013	31-17-121	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
(none)	31-17-120	(none)	(none)	Unknown
12390C	31-17-119	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring (one). [B] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [C] White shell cylinder seal much decayed: subject, 1 human figure and 4 fighting animals, heraldically crossed. [D] Copper pin with painted head [Type] IV B.