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)
12974	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cylinder. Fragment. 1st sign only of ten lines.
12975	(none)	1935,0113.645	(none)	Clay sealing. Impression of cylinder. Series of gazelles?
12979	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing?
12980	(none)	1935,0113.646	(none)	Clay sealing. Birds etc.
130	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell core. One side badly chipped. Subject: 2 figs approaching a seated god: 2 columns of inscription.
13005	(none)	1928,1010.830	(none)	Seal impression. Square. Figure holding the uri-staff.
13006	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression.
13031	30-12-44	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure.
13054	(none)	(none)	(none)	Carnelian bead. Fragment of a cylinder seal with a presentation scene and inscription. Three figures end below waist and 2 signs for ilu alone remain.
13072	31-16-626	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing.
13502	(none)	(none)	(none)	Jar sealing. Clay. Dark green. Unbaked. With figures in relief rolled out from a cylinder seal. Fragment of inscription 2 rampant bulls and a nude figure grasping a lion (?) by the tail. Common on Sargonid seals. On the inside, impression of a string. [drawing].
13513	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Pair of warriors back to back each fighting a rampant lion.
13514	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Green. Concave. Enkidu and Gilgamesh fighting rampant bull and rampant lion. Beasts back to back. Not in RC volume.
13515	31-17-117	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting.
13516	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Rampant lions crossed, rampant gazelle, bird-headed(?) warriors.
13519	(none)	1928,1010.885	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation scene, 2 standing figures before and standing deity.
13520	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene three standing figures a reserve for an inscription which has not been added.
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.
13522	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Brownish. Nude hero between two rampant gazelles and on either side of the gazelles a rampant lion. Palm tree.
13542	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Very poor condition. Rampant lions crossed.
13552	31-17-125	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Crude cutting.
13574	(none)	1930,1213.518	(none)	Cylinder seal. White calcite. Rampant lions, gazelles and bird-headed men.
13607	31-16-677	(none)	(none)	(none)
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.
13607B	(none)	(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.