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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![]() | 9056 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Steatite Green Broken & mended Gilgamesh and Enkidu v rampant lion and bull |
![]() | 9624 | (none) | 1928,1010.241 | (none) | Cylinder seal Steatite Green Presentation scene; seated deity and standing god introducing worshipper. Attributes: Crescent Moon and palm. |
9262 | (none) | (none) | B16860 | Cylinder seal Steatite Green. Slightly concave. A god standing between two portals, the left foot raised and resting upon the mountain top, the right foot rigid- as if in the attitude of ascending? His left hand is upraised and in it he holds a feather whisk?? His head is turned backward in contemplation of a minute human figure crouching in the attitude of subjection. The god's right hand is extended immediately above the head of the victim that he has crushed. Oblique to the go are three concentric wavy lines above the right shoulder - possibly representing lightening? The god wears a horned headdress. A second god also wearing a horned headdress, long hair falling below the shoulders and ending in a knot? and a skirt descending to the feet, approaches one of the portals and touches it with hands as if about to open it. | |
![]() | 10549 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal Steatite, black Minute. Presentation scene before seated god. Figures mostly obliterated. |
![]() | 8461 | (none) | 1928,1009.33 | (none) | Cylinder seal Steatite? Grey Two registers Above: door of a shrine? Two gods seated and facing one another between them a spread eagle Below: spread eagle |
![]() | 10548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal Steatite? White Inscribed Unpierced dumu-sal x ... A-HA daughter of .....Subaru |
![]() | 9943 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White Shell A man and lions fighting, and a lion fighting a bull, a small animal scene, and an inscription. dsara-men (?) dub-sar nin sara-men, scribe of the lady. Into the hole is fitted a tube of dark shale (?). (HC. 205). |
![]() | 9341 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Almost all the surface gone, but one small part left showing a lion, a stag and a spotted leopard. Found attached by a silver band to the belt. |
9187 | (none) | (none) | B16871 | Cylinder seal White shell Burnt and reduced to lime. Scene: fighting men and animals. | |
![]() | 9970 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell In poor condition Presentation scene with one seated deity and three figures approaching |
![]() | 9568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell In very poor condition: the subject was two men fighting an animal, but it was hardly distinguishable. |
![]() | 9765 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell Much decayed Fighting animals Inscription: en-ki-en-du dub-sar.......na (?) Enki-endu?, scribe....i (same name as on 9764) (H.C. 209) |
9310 | (none) | (none) | B17009 | Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba | |
![]() | 10011 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell Only the remains of it, completely decayed It hung on the silver belt with the gold dagger and whetstone |
![]() | 9620 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Poor condition With copper caps: these are stuck into the seal with bitumen. Pig sticking scene: 3 heroes: 2 of them fighting a boar? The boar is obliterated. |
![]() | 9503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Somewhat decayed 2 very large scorpions with a star between them a standing human figure, and an upright pole with a star on top |
![]() | 9290 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Standing god in shrine and one other standing figure. Poor condition and originally poor scratchy work |
![]() | 9117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Subject: 2 figures seated and drinking through straws, one figure standing at their backs. |
![]() | 9120 | (none) | 1928,1009.22 | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell The surface damaged Gilgamesh and Eabani |
![]() | 8575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313) |
![]() | 9674 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very much decayed 2 heroes fighting a lion and a bull: an inscription, much effaced. |
![]() | 9675 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very much worn by use Presentation scene; 3 standing and 1 seated figure |
![]() | 9528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell Very poor and almost wholly effaced: worship of a god, between 2 emblems(?) |
8513 | (none) | (none) | B16869 | Cylinder seal White shell, much decayed, but preserving an inscription in the upper register [drawing of inscription] | |
![]() | 9526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White steatite A man fighting 3 beasts, and a tree. |
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