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)
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].
12795A	30-12-18	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Squat furniture type. Poor cutting. Stags? In procession and signs of doubtful import.
13031	30-12-44	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure.
13072	31-16-626	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing.
13515	31-17-117	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting.
13521	31-17-118	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. White. 2 registers. Imperfect condition. Above: banquet scene, 3 seated figures, two of them sucking drink through a tube the third approached by a standing figure third approached by a standing figure. Below: two rows and a spread eagle.
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.