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)
11667	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Clay. Inscrip. only 2 lines mostly illegible line 1 begins li-bi-it.
11670	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder. Yellowish shell. Presentation, to goddess in front of whom goose & crescent cf. UM. 11671; Inscription: IGI-AN-DIB-AB IB-DU-LUGAL dumu ZI-KU-LI meaning what? HC 20
11671	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder. Steatite. Presentation to Goddess preseded by goose & crescent cf. U.11670. Inscription: KUIA-NINNI-mes dumu Mes-ma-la-na.
11679	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impressions. Jar-sealing beneath mark of cloth above 2 impressions from a stamp seal showing bull with upturned head and crescent horns. Above the bull crescent moon. Rough.
11680	31-16-630	(none)	(none)	Clay Seal Impressions on lamp or tablet. with geometrical design spread eagle, star, sun? (like sign UD) angular man(?) carrying pot, and other things.
11681	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal Impression. Geometrical design (clay mixed with bitumen?)
11682	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing. Presentation scene. In front of seated, bearded god (Nannar?) small kneeling figure, facing the worshippers. Crescent above. Inscription En(?)(... ) Du(b-sar) Aradd( ).
11683	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing. Fragment of 3 lines. of inscription.
11685	(none)	(none)	(none)	3 clay sealings. with similar geometrical designs.
11686	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing. With geometrical design.
11688	31-16-606	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing. From large cylinder (concave) numerous fleeing gazelles (??) mingled with vases.
11689	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing. Presentation scene (?) (2 figures approaching a third. The 3rd. looks human: carries a weapon like the sign RU) illegible? inscription.
11715	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell very badly decayed.
11725	30-12-40	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. A god with one foot on a hill, & 3 worshippers. Inscription (Lug)al(?)-(?)-la(?)-ni dub-sar(=scribe).
11734	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above mythological beasts; below, a monkey under a tree playing pipes to 2 lions, a bull, a gazelle, and a humn-headed bird.
11745	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. 2 heroes fighting a lion & a bull.
11757	30-12-13	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Sides slightly convex. 2 registers: gazelles rough linear drawing.
11773	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers above, banquet scene; below, Imdugud.
11774	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above, banquet; below, seated deities (?).
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).
11828	30-12-5	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above, banquet; below, 2 gazelles. (rough & early work).
11843	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Mottled grey steatite. Men & animals fighting.
11846	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. God seated on mountain, with 2 attendants, and 2 other divine figures standing.
11863	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White limestone not bored: roughly engraved. 2 registers: above, banquet and rampant lion; below, Im-dugud.
11871	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 seated deities with attendants.