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.
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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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13552 | 31-17-125 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Crude cutting. | |
13607A | 31-16-677 | (none) | (none) | Jar-sealing. [A-B] Two large fragments. Original diam. part. c. 013 Inscription: (me)s (?)-an-ni-p(ad)-da Lugal Kiski dam nu-gig. Left of inscriptions: naked man holding lion by tail, lion facing another man. Right of inscriptions: Lion attacks caprid; fine gilgamis figure holding caprid; himself attacked by lion. Below inscription: square design of four little naked men (note hair or headdress) each attacking one in front? with dagger (of different sorts.) Hc. 1929/30-4. | |
13653 | 31-16-629 | (none) | (none) | Jar-sealing. Archaic human figures and unidentified details. | |
13663 | 31-17-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100. | |
13681 | 31-16-621 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. men, animals (?) and caduceus(?) PR 1404 | |
13687 | 31-16-610 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Scorpion? Man with radiate hair, lion. | |
13688 | 31-16-667 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Man with radiate hair and animals. | |
13711 | 31-17-15 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design. | |
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] | |
13814A | 31-16-618 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Man and ? Fragmentary. Inscription? HC.208. | |
13846 | 31-16-631 | (none) | (none) | Seal Impressions. 2 pieces. Geometrical design as 13817 | |
13872 | 31-16-622 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Scorpion, etc. | |
13880B | 31-16-615 | (none) | (none) | Seal Impression. Geometrical Design. Two pieces joined. one found several days later. This is better a tablet than a jar-sealing. Also another "Tablet" with same impression. | |
13912 | 31-16-675 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Rosette, altars and vessels?? etc. | |
13933 | 31-16-645 | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions. Geometrical, perhaps belonging together. | |
13936 | 31-16-634 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Geometrical. | |
![]() | 13938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Finely cut figures: scorpion, ass, monkey? bull-head, etc. This seal is more clearly represented on 13963. |
13954 | 31-16-679 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Arabesque. | |
13969 | 31-16-644, 31-16-644 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Inscription. HC..217. | |
13972 | 31-16-674 | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??). | |
13979 | 31-16-641 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Hunting(?) man, stars, eagle, tree. | |
13980 | 31-16-607 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Gazelle, vegetation, man and jar. | |
13982 | 31-16-658 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Scorpion? | |
13984 | 31-16-628 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Gazelles and trees. | |
14000 | 31-16-616 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Cult scene. Naked man with pot before seated figure, behind him pots and another object. |
Related Terms
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