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)
8826G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Archaic tablets like the older ones of preceding lot: (except the smallest which is from near the surface).
10648	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets etc These 10 inscribed fragments brought in at the end of the season not yet studied U.10639 calcite fragment U.10640 fragment of foundation tablet U.10641 fragment of inscribed bead. U.10642 fragment of text in writing like Assyrian U.10643-U.10647 fragments of account tablets U.10648 seal impression
15655	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Small tablet containing a linear design. HC2000
15004	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Rough lump with few signs. HC.2S55.
15006	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. A sign repeated many times. cf. 14121. HC..2S61.
807	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Complete. Obverse. Seal impress.
14134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Meaningless scriblings? a new type of writing? cf. 14715 HC.[1505 crossed out] 2S.14 UET II: 249)
15667	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. God-list?
14715	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Circular. Scriblings. cf. 14134, HC.2S.15
14121	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet(?) Same sign repeated several times. cf. 15006 (which is SIS 4) UET II: 292)
14720	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Small elliptical tablet. With a few signs? or scriblings. HC.2S29
2643	(none)	1927,1003.72	(none)	Stone seal. Flat seal, pierced for suspension: design obliterated. Roughly circular.
1424	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone seal. Black four-sided. 2 wide and 2 narrow sides, pierced like a cylinder seal. One of wide sides has figure of a god standing on the back of an animal, the corresponding side a bird. On the narrow sides are designs. [drawing]
3289	(none)	1927,1003.206	(none)	Stone seal or button. Pendant type of brown stone with basket-work pattern. [drawing 1:1]
6607	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone fragment. Pink engraved. Trial piece on conventional subjects. On one side above unfinished seated god, below seated god left hand extended and holding [reference to drawing] shaped object. At feet corn sheaf. On the other side unfinished standing figures. B.
1171	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone cylinder seal. Fragment of Drab stone, engraved with rough figures, bird, etc. [drawing 1:1]
1159	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone cylinder seal. Blue stone. With traces of incised figures.
1172	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone cylinder seal. Black stone. Engraved with figures, goddess and worshippers. [drawing 1:1]
1173	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone cylinder seal. Black stone. Engraved with figures in 2 registers: upper register presentation to god; lower register, frieze of swans swimming to right. [drawing 1:1]
16020	(none)	1931,1010.17	(none)	Steatite Cylinder-seal. Namhani son of Ur-baga. HC.30/I.6. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16600	(none)	1931,1010.35	(none)	Steatite cylinder-seal (not pierced). Warad- ^dSin dumu ha-ma-tum-za (!) (obs. The inscription is not reversed as in ordinary seals. But the second line precedes the first.).
16546	31-43-36	(none)	(none)	Steatite cylinder seal. Ur-gar(?). HC.30/II, 2.
16021	31-43-25, 31-43-25	(none)	(none)	Steatite Cylinder seal. Nana son of Gudea,the jeweller. HC.30/I.7. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17245	31-43-33, 31-43-33	(none)	(none)	Steatite cylinder seal. Lazib, son of Bibi.[CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16024	(none)	1931,1010.37	(none)	Steatite Cylinder seal. Illegible. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]