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)
12034	30-12-11	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. Decayed. Fighting beasts (lions?).
(none)	30-12-10	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
11825	30-12-1	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis Lazuli. Gazelle attacked by bull, & gazelle attacked by 2 bulls. Inscription: Su-sikil(?) DINGER-SES-AB lugal-ni Kalam-dug-dam. We expect dam-Kalam-dug and perhaps this is possible. ni is written between lines 2 &3, and dam between lines 3 & 4, but both at the end (right). Provisional translation: -Pure Hand (=Handmaid ?) of Nannar (new ideogram.) her King. Kalam-dug-dam (or Dam-Kalam-dug =Wife of the good land).
16561B	19311010.33	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Uninscribed.
20	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite Greenish-grey. Seated figure of a divinity rt, before whom 5 standing figures.
(none)	(none)	1923,1110.182	(none)	(none)
54	(none)	1923,1110.190	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Engraved with scene of worshipper being introduced to a god standing in front of a gate.
55	(none)	1923,1110.191	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Broken in half and chipped down one side. Scene: 3 figures in a row advancing l[eft]. Found with beads round neck of body in larnax burial.
67A	(none)	1923,1110.200	B15239	Clay seals 2. From wheat-sack fastening cords each bearing stamps of oval seals. on (A) pegasus, lion, stag. on (B) lion(?), Bucranium, etc. [Annotated] B and Phil
67B	(none)	(none)	B15239	Clay seals 2. From wheat-sack fastening cords each bearing stamps of oval seals. on (A) pegasus, lion, stag. on (B) lion(?), Bucranium, etc. [Annotated] B and Phil
79	(none)	1923,1110.40	(none)	Clay brick-stamps, Fr. of with figs in bold relief. [drawing 1:1]
80	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Greenish white steatite. Subject, god seated rt. A minor deity introducing a worshipper: inscr. in 2 columns [drawing of inscription] 3rd Dynasty
81	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Paste. Poor condition. Simple criss-cross design. [drawing 1:1]
101	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mud seal impression. fr of. Upper part of god's figure l. with lance behind. Probably 3rd Dynasty? [drawing not to scale]
125	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1]
126	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Coarse white marble (?) With black veins, chipped. Two birds: very rough work: late. [drawing 1:1]
130	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell core. One side badly chipped. Subject: 2 figs approaching a seated god: 2 columns of inscription.
141	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Gilgamesh (?) and lion, sacred tree and another human figure. Poor work and much worn.
142	(none)	(none)	(none)	White shell cylinder seal. 2 animals? Very poor and worn specimen.
160	(none)	(none)	(none)	Conoid seal. Black steatite on base. A roughly sketched design almost recognizable. [drawing 1:1]
167	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White Steatite [crossed out] crystalline marble, burnt: poor condition. Subject: seated god rt; before him an altar, then 2 standing figs l. and remains of column of inscription.
174	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very poorly engraved. [drawing]
230	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Upper part of = White marble (?) burnt to the consistency of French chalk. Remains of rather fine engraving of 3rd Dynasty style.
234	(none)	(none)	B15272	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Scratchily engraved with 2 versions of a man fighting with a rampant lion. Poor.
391	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Probably of jar-sealing, with seal impressions showing crosses, animals, etc. Found TTB26 see U381