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
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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![]() | 16127 | 87-28-1 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Greenish stone. Archaic. Broken in 2 pieces. |
![]() | 17217A | 52-30-220 | (none) | (none) | [A-G] 7 cylinder seals. (A) (Steatite): Dagi s.o. Me-er-ra? (B) (Steatite): Inscription illegible. (C) (Hematite): [drawing of sign] a-hu-u (D) (Steatite): (E) (Steatite): Lu-?.. Dumu(?) Ap-pa-al dumu za-dim. (F) (Hematite): ^dIskar ^d.sa-la (G) (Steatite): Inscription illegible. |
![]() | 11036 | 47-29-444 | (none) | (none) | Seal Impression. 1-fragment from Dub-lalmah archive. Seal of son of Ur-dingir-ra? Lugal Ka-gi-na. Present: scene showing only Patron (with both hands raised) and Client. HC..177 |
![]() | 6748E | 47-29-442 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
![]() | 6960 | 47-29-075 | (none) | (none) | Clay sealing with seal impression. dGimil dSin, mighty king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world - Igianna-ge-zu the minister, son of Araddani the judge, is thy servant. H.C. |
![]() | 14103 | 37-7-103 | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218 UET II: 332). |
![]() | 18974 | 35-1-9, 35-1-9 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. One seated and three standing figures: two columns of inscription. Inscription: Lugal-ma (C.J.G.) |
![]() | 18925 | 35-1-8 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Very dark steatite. Hero fighting heraldically crossed lions and bulls. |
![]() | 20083AB | 35-1-710 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083AH | 35-1-709 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083F | 35-1-707 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083E | 35-1-702 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083AC | 35-1-700 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 19075 | 35-1-7 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: in each, a row of animals, the rows inverted. |
![]() | 20083AD | 35-1-699 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083Z | 35-1-698 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083Y | 35-1-697 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083X | 35-1-696 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083W | 35-1-695 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083V | 35-1-694 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083U | 35-1-693 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083T | 35-1-692 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
![]() | 20083S | 35-1-691 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
20083R | 35-1-690 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. | |
![]() | 20083Q | 35-1-689 | (none) | (none) | [A-AH] Seal impressions on mud jar sealings. All accidentally burnt and all fragmentary. |
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Child Terms
Brick Stamps - Cylinder Seals - Seal Impression - Stamp Seals