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.

Objects: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
2643	(none)	1927,1003.72	(none)	Stone seal. Flat seal, pierced for suspension: design obliterated. Roughly circular.
3226	(none)	1927,1003.57	(none)	Seal impression on clay. Neo-Babylonian. [drawing]
3225	(none)	1927,1003.207	(none)	Square seal. Diorite. Early Sumerian, Before BC 3200. [drawing]
3289	(none)	1927,1003.206	(none)	Stone seal or button. Pendant type of brown stone with basket-work pattern. [drawing 1:1]
2714	(none)	1927,1003.205	(none)	Seal cylinder. Rock crystal. Broken. Unusual scene. About BC 2300. [drawing]
3083	(none)	1927,1003.204	(none)	Seal cylinder. Limestone. About BC 2200. Inscript to dShamash. [drawing]
3359	(none)	1927,1003.203	(none)	Seal cylinder. Diorite. About BC 2500. [drawing]
3084	(none)	1927,1003.202	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2700. [drawing]
2683	(none)	1927,1003.201	(none)	Seal cylinder. Carnelian. Time of Assyr influence about BC 700. [drawing]
2859	(none)	1927,1003.200	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2400 [drawing]
2765	(none)	1927,1003.198	(none)	Seal cylinder. Dark (basalt) stone. 3rd Ur Dynasty. [drawing 1:1]
3235	(none)	1927,1003.196	(none)	Seal cylinder. Broken. Limestone. Archaic: before 3000 BC. [drawing]
2726	(none)	1927,1003.195	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC2100 [drawing]
2754	(none)	1927,1003.194	(none)	Seal cylinder. White marble. About BC 2800. Inscription: Da-da-mu = D? dumu Gu-za-na? son of G? [drawing]
3342	(none)	1927,1003.193	(none)	Seal Cylinder. White limestone. Worn. Worshipping the Tree of Life. Assyrian influence BC 1200 (?) [drawing]
6935	(none)	1927,0527.207	(none)	Seal. Black steatite. Cut on flat base. Pyramid shaped. Rough work. Chair? Scorpion above or animal? Before 3000BC. E. [drawing]
6299	(none)	1927,0527.206	(none)	Cylinder seal. Flat on one side hemispherical on the other glazed pottery scarab on the flat a crouching dragon (?) Egypt in influence. About BC 500.
7065	(none)	1927,0527.203	(none)	Seal. Grey stone. Oblong rounded ends, on one side lion with flowing tail devouring a bird, on the other a human head, at side a fish, and on opposite side 5 holes in a line. E.
7124	(none)	1927,0527.202	(none)	Flat seal. Yellow paste. Hemispherical. Crescent moon and star. Neo-Babylonian.
6020	(none)	1927,0527.201	(none)	Stamp seal, flattened hemispherical -obverse convex- top with decorative workings - 3 parallel lines running across centre and 4 concentric circles in corners. White steatite. Two Sumerian - man & wife bring as an offering a goat (?) and a vase of milk. diam. 0022 width 0004 About BC 3500. photograph 554 E.
6506	(none)	1927,0527.200	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Lion between two fighting men. Sbout BC 2400.
6876	(none)	1927,0527.199	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant lion. Inscription: Son of Ur-Ba? About 2300 BC.
6865	(none)	1927,0527.198	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black. [steatite crossed out]. Two figures with unpierced arm standing on either side of sacred palm with dates rising out of water pot. About 2300 BC.
6200	(none)	1927,0527.197	(none)	Broken cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Scene of worshipping. To dNin-shubur, the messenger of heaven About BC 2100.
6591	(none)	1927,0527.196	(none)	Cylinder seal. Gray steatite. Inscribed. Lu-dingir-ra son of Lugal-dugga. Worshipper and standing god. About BC 2000.