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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8897 | (none) | (none) | B16868 | Cylinder seal. White shell. Seated goddess with star and moon and 4 standing figures. | |
11533 | 30-12-24 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Scene. | |
11405 | 30-12-39 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Presentation scene: Seated goddess: before her a female worshipper introduced by a goddess. | |
![]() | 19486 | 35-1-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Design of men ovals horizontally placed |
11978 | 30-12-9 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Decayed, but design visible of fighting animals. | |
11725 | 30-12-40 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. A god with one foot on a hill, & 3 worshippers. Inscription (Lug)al(?)-(?)-la(?)-ni dub-sar(=scribe). | |
7118 | (none) | (none) | B16288 | Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers. Upper register. Spend eagle between 2 gazelles - standing club. Below. Net. Before 3000 BC. E. | |
11443 | 30-12-49 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5. | |
11528 | 30-12-8 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell much decayed. Subject: a man & 2 lions rampant against a deer? upside down. | |
11428 | 30-12-51 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell much decayed. | |
11889 | 30-12-7 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell (in poor condition) A man, a lion, a bull & a gazelle fighting. | |
![]() | 17678 | 32-40-324 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Eye; joined ladders. On photo: U.17679. |
6106 | (none) | (none) | B16296, B16296 | Cylinder seal. White frit. Unpierced. Inscribed: Lugal-nu-zu aon of E-te-nin-ka ilSin. E. | |
6752 | (none) | (none) | B16283 | Cylinder seal. White crystal. Plain. E. | |
12795A | 30-12-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Squat furniture type. Poor cutting. Stags? In procession and signs of doubtful import. | |
7920 | (none) | (none) | B16900 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Scene of worship before Nannar. Enthronoed Nannar wearing horned headdress extends right hand to greet 2 standing gods also wearing horned headdress and with left arm upraised. Attributes: crescent moon and spear? with a shaped top. | |
12023 | 30-12-26 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Steatite. Men fighting. | |
![]() | 17322 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Light brown. Trial piece. Unfinished. |
17325 | 31-43-40 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Grey. One roughly cut human figure and second carrying an animal (?) two spears? [second carrying an animal has been crossed out on catalog card] | |
13031 | 30-12-44 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure. | |
17344 | 31-43-30 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Dark grey. Small portion missing. Presentation scene. Two standing figures before a seated god. Crescent moon. | |
17314 | 31-43-63 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Unpierced. Unfinished. A reserve for an inscription which has not been inserted. | |
![]() | 17312 | (none) | 1931,1010.26 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 standing figures. |
17015 | 31-43-52 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 figures before a standing goddess. Goose | |
7121 | (none) | (none) | B16289 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Palm branch between 2 worshippers, who hold hand upraised. Attributes: Crescent moon, Rampant Lion. 2400 BC. E. |
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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