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)
8993	(none)	(none)	B16875	Cylinder seal Dark greenish steatite. Very large with fine engraved scene: 3 human figures and 2 man-headed bulls crossed.
8420	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Geometric decoration [drawing]
8389	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals.
8085	(none)	1928,1009.18	(none)	Cylinder seal of yellowish white quartzite. Two registers: Above, a door(?), then a seated deity & a worshipper, then a worshipper pouring a libation into a tall vase with fronds rising from it, set in front of a seated deity. Below, 2 rams, one on each side of a tree, then a worshipper before a seated deity, then a man catching a rampant antelope. Very archaic style.
17251	31-43-43	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
12350A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal & Copper Pin. (A) Cylinder seal. Spread eagle. (B) Copper Pin. Circular in section.
11439B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal & pin. [A] Copper pin with plain tang head stem thickened & pierced near top. [B] To this was attached a cylinder seal of brown clay with a scene of 2 men fighting animals, roughly engraved.
1268	(none)	(none)	B15593, B15593	Cylinder seal in 2 registers: above, scene of "introduction" to a goddess. A woman is led forward by a female protecting deity. In lower register, 3 swans. Inscription: Ahat-ilti. Assat Lugal-usum-gal. (cf.U1267)
1225	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal in black stone. Device appears in 2 registers, but so weathered as to be indistinguishable.
18452	33-35-179	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal of black steatite. Design: running gazelles, zigzags and frogs.
18346	(none)	1933,1013.78	(none)	Cylinder seal of dark purple glazed glazed frit. Two trees (?) and pomegranates (?)
7990	(none)	(none)	B16789	Cylinder seal of grey mottled stone -- ? fossilised coral. Much worn: subject: crossed goats and 3 persons pouring libations.
12765	(none)	1929,1017.352	(none)	Cylinder seal of grey-brown steatite (?). Geometric design.
14495	31-17-18	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal of white shell. The decoration consists simply of drill-point holes irregularly spaced over the whole surface.
12675	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal shell. Geometric ornament. On body of seal minute incised circles originally containing lapis inlay.
19872	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Steatite 3 standing figures (poor and worn)
1265	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal the device mostly obliterated, but containing 3 lines inscription. Sa-ku-gi; mar Lugal-ka-gi; amel (?) DIM.
6984	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
19045	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
14551	(none)	1930,1213.465	(none)	Cylinder seal(?) Clay. To give the geometrical design such as that frequently found on these seal impressions. Unpierced end continues the design.
16549	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, baked clay. Latatum, daughter of Urnia H.C. 30/II, 5.
18233	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, black steatite. Much damaged: two heroes fighting an animal.
1413	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, broken. With device of the owner being led forward, facing left, to the presence of a deity who stands with left leg raised (upon a mountain?) and holds a spear in left hand. Traces only of inscription.
16656	31-43-62	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, carnelian. 2 bird-like beasts and star.
16545	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, seatite. No personal name, The god Shamash H.C. 30/II, 1.