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)
12413I	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis ball beads. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads. [H] Necklace of quartz, carnelian and gold beads. [I] Lapis cylinder seal. [J] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [K] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [L] A second similar bracelet. [M] Cockle shells with green paint.
12427H	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] 2 silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads. [E] Necklace of lapis double conoid beads. [F] Necklace of silver double conoid beads [G] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] V B. [H] Cylinder seal, lapis. [I] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings: order in field notes. [J] Cockle shells with green paint.
12433F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tomb groups. From the bodies in the death pit. [Numbered entries refer to bodies, not all bodies associated with objects.] --With No. 5: [A] Lapis and silver double conoid beads. [B] Silver wire spiral coil earring. --With No. 7: [C] Lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 8: [D] Lapis double conoid beads and 1 long agate lentoid. --With No. 9: [E] Lapis double conoid beads. [F] Cylinder seal, white shell. --With No. 10: [G] Silver wire spiral coil earring. --With No. 11: [H] Lapis double beads --With No. 12: [I] Silver wire spiral coil earring. [J] Small lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 13: [K] Silver pin [Type] VI B with lapis head. [L] Lapis ball beads. --With No. 14: [M] Lapis ball beads --With No. 15: [N] Lapis and silver ball beads. --With No. 16: [O] Lapis and silver double conoid beads. --With No. 17: [P] Lapis ball beads. [Q] Silver wire spiral coil earring. --With No. 18: [R] Lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 20: [S] Lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 22: [T] Small lapis ball beads. [U] Also: one moderate sized silver lunate earring.
12448	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis. Lentoid shape. Subject: 2 men and 2 animals.
12471	30-12-38	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis with gold caps. Presentation scene with seated god and 2 standing figures.
12502	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing with impression from large cylinder: man in punt, animal (in punt?) and other animals.
12545	31-16-648	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Serpant.
12546	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Animals.
12547A	31-16-635	(none)	(none)	[A] Seal impression. Animals (?) including a scorpion and [B] another sealing similar
12547B	31-16-637	(none)	(none)	[A] Seal impression. Animals (?) including a scorpion and [B] another sealing similar
12549	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression ? Man carrying gazelle.
12551	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Animals.
12559	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell (with a sort of shell cap). Worshipper before seated god between 2 larger figures of Gilgamesh holding up animal by hindquarters, and tail in left hands, foot on head. Also on another small caprid. Inscription Kal PA-HA-HAR (=arm)(=prefect of the mill). HC 27.
12577	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Inscription only. HC 26
12639	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Slightly concave. Poor engraving. Broken and mended. Presentation scene before seated goddess, two figures approaching and an attendant behind the throne. Seated goddess wears horned and (feathered?) headdress and flounced kaukanes skirt. Before and behind her shoulders undulating lines represent lightening? Minor deity approaches salaams the seated god with right hand upraised: this deity wears a plain skirt and horned headdress. The votary introduced by the minor god wears a feathered headdress: apparently the feathers are arranged in two tiers. Behind throne an attendant deity also horned. Along lower portion of seal a band of reticulated decoration.
12640B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Copper axe. [B] (2) Cylinder seal. Shell. Poor condition. Rampant animals including an antelope and a leopard.
12641C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Copper bowl hemispherical. Distorted. [B] (2) Copper pin - straight type. [C] (3) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit in bad condition. Presentation scene.
12654	30-12-12	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers. Bird headed men - rampant animals.
12658A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Geometric decoration with it a [B] silver earring. 2 1/2 spiral coils.
12666	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. Poor cutting.
12674	30-12-4	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Strung in their silver wire ring. Bearded bulls, lions and antelopes all rampant.
12675	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal shell. Geometric ornament. On body of seal minute incised circles originally containing lapis inlay.
12678C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Copper pin with bent head - on the top a lapis cube with a silver cap. Top missing. [B] (2) Copper pin. Lapis ball head with gold caps in upper and under side Type V B. [C] Cylinder seal. Shell. Decayed. Subject: rampant animals. [D] Stone bowl miniatures. Nicked rim. Calcite. [Type] XLIII. [drawing]
12679C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A-B] (1) Copper arrowheads. A pair. Tangs bound together by fibrous material. [C] (2) Cylinder seal. Shell. Decayed. Man grasping lion by the tail, a second man has overthrown ram and grasps it by the tail. Between the two men a palm. [D] Silver earring 1 1/2 spiral coils: thickened lunate ends. [E-F] Copper arrowheads. A second pair. Barbed and bound with string at tang end. Type VII B, but with flat instead of with round tangs. [G] Copper dagger. Type III but with elongated thinner tang.
12681	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Slightly concave. Hero fighting 2 rampant lions crossed.