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)
11036	47-29-444	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. 1-fragment from Dub-lalmah archive. Seal of son of Ur-dingir-ra? Lugal Ka-gi-na. Present: scene showing only Patron (with both hands raised) and Client. HC..177
11037	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Scribe. Invoking a king (name lost) Throned divinity. HC..178
11038	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Inscription invoking a king (name lost). HC..179
11039	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Scribe. Inscription invoking king (name lost) Seated divinity with cup? Worshipper with lamb. HC..180
11040	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Presentation scene: Seated divinity and 2 figures. HC..181
11104	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis Paste. 1-end chipped: small portion missing. Presentation scene: before seated god: minor deity introduces worshipper. Attributes: cresent moon, and behind seated god a palm. L. 21mm D. 10mm For subject compare U.10796-a lapis seal found in an adjoining grave at the same depth- PG 825.
11110	(none)	(none)	B16897	Cylinder Seal? lapis lazuli. Minute linear incisions oblique to the vertical axis of the seal. 2 registers. [drawing]
11112	(none)	(none)	B16880	Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Bird headed men fighting bearded bulls and gazelles. One hero wears a four pronged comb at back of head.
11123A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 palm trees, 2 conical shaped pedestals and 2 rampant lions. Seal broken and mended.
11136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell. Partly obliterated. Bearded bulls rampant. Inscribed: A-ni-ta (?).
11143	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Very crude cutting. A seated goddes greeting a standing figure apparently legless. Behind throne a (spread eagle?) on an alter.
11148	(none)	(none)	B17598	Cylinder Seal. Shell. Poor condition. Present: scene: 2 figures advancing towards a seated god. Attributes: Crescent moon and horns standing on 2 feet. [drawing]
11150	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Brownish mottled marble. Enkidu and Eabani attacking a rampant lion from in front and from behind a third hero attacking a rampant bull. Standing upright in the ground a (throwing spear) with a loop. Slightly concave. Strong bold cutting. [drawing]
11159	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. Much decayed. Visible only remains of a scene of rampant animals.
11174	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. 2 groups of fighting animals and a small panel with inscription. Inscription: e-zi (d) (cf. U.11107).
11175B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seals. Shell. [A} A good deal decayed: design of fighting animals. At one end the hole is of normal size: at the other end it is much enlarged and into it is fitted [B] a second cylinder, engraved with rope-net pattern and a bull.
11176	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell. Very badly decayed.
11178	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell. Completely decayed, but apparently with large rampant animals and an inscription of which only one sign is legible. [drawing]
11181	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Handle type, rectangular. Scorpion. [drawing 1:1]
11182	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Birds and animals very roughly done.
11401	30-12-23	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Pinkish grey steatite. Early type. Subject: 2 figures with bird-like heads seated facing each other and drinking through tubes from a common vessel. They are seated in a boat with high stem and prow, a reed plant (?) at the end of the boat and below objects like reed bundles.
11402	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Subject: A god wearing long dress with transverse folds, standing left holding a club (?) with water falling from his shoulders: on either side of him a group of 2 standing naked figures with horned crowns; each pair has 2 arms raised & crossing. 2 holding between them a staff? Poor thin cutting.
11403	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene: goddess seated rt. with crescent moon above: a god introduces a worshipper. Behind, a column of inscription erased. Commonplace work of IIIrd. Dynasty type.
11404	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell. Subject: 2 groups each composed of a man fighting a lion and a gazelle (?) respectively: the latter scene decayed. Carinated type.
11405	30-12-39	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell. Presentation scene: Seated goddess: before her a female worshipper introduced by a goddess.