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)
14441A	(none)	1930,1213.140	(none)	Stamp seal. Shell. Archaic. Perforated horizontally through top twice. Seal is cut to represent calf with head bent back over the body. Under side engraved with design of 3 bird headed men rowing a bellum. The bellum is made of reeds intertwined vertically and horizontally. From the furrow and stem of the boat a spike (?) for ramming protrudes horizontally to the line of the boat. Each figure appears to have a circular shield (?) round the body.
14443A	(none)	1930,1213.130	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Calcite. Transluscent. 2 registers. Above: Banquet scene. Seated male figure sucking drink end of a tube from a bowl which rests on a stand. Next: a male figure sedentary and seated female. Behind the seated female two attendants. Below: Seated male accosted by a standing figure presents an offering. Table with offerings on it, attendant stands against table stand attendant extracting liquid from a two legged jar.
14444B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Scaraboid seal. Glazed. Persian.
14476	(none)	1930,1213.139	(none)	Stamp seal. White marble(?) or pebble. scaraboid shape. Rudely engraved below thus: [drawing 1:1]
14478	(none)	1930,1213.137	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. 3 deep grooves, between which 3 pairs of human figures rough primitive work mostly done with a drill-point.
14489	31-17-16	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite.
14495	31-17-18	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal of white shell. The decoration consists simply of drill-point holes irregularly spaced over the whole surface.
14505	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Large Im-gig eagle, grasping animal(s)
14506	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Only legs of animals.
14508	(none)	1930,1213.433	(none)	Seal impression. Animals. Including pig(?)
14509	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Two Fragments. [U.14509 and U.14510]. Fragment.
14510	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Two Fragments. [U.14509 and U.14510]. Fragment.
14511	(none)	1930,1213.413	(none)	Jar-sealing. Cicular & convex with incised lines (&signs??) HC.2055
14512	31-16-609	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Wild ass (or horse) gazelle & man, etc.
14513	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Coiled serpent? & animal.
14514	31-16-681	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Animal & human figure.
14515	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Large jar-sealing with marks of geometrical impression.
14516	(none)	1930,1213.409	(none)	Seal impression. Lion attacking animal, etc.
14517	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical design.
14518	(none)	1930,1213.464	(none)	Seal impression. 2 men in a boat(?) and part of another boat(?) (prows end in branches) cf. 16557.
14519	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Animals. Partly from stamp seals?
14520	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Animals. 1-large & 1-small fragment probably from the same. Latter could be from stamp seal.
14521	(none)	1930,1213.448	(none)	Seal impression. Animal & decorative elements.
14522	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion, etc.
14523	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Geometrical designs.