Seals, Stamps, and Sealings
This category includes objects used for marking other objects for purposes of showing ownership.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3084 | (none) | 1927,1003.202 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2700. [drawing] |
| 3085 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Fragment. About BC 2600. Diorite. [drawing] |
| 3225 | (none) | 1927,1003.207 | (none) | Square seal. Diorite. Early Sumerian, Before BC 3200. [drawing] |
| 3226 | (none) | 1927,1003.57 | (none) | Seal impression on clay. Neo-Babylonian. [drawing] |
| 3234 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Pottery. Broken - Neo-Babylonian. |
| 3235 | (none) | 1927,1003.196 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Broken. Limestone. Archaic: before 3000 BC. [drawing] |
| 3236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. IIIrd Ur Dynasty. [drawing] |
| 3237 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Diorite. IIIrd Ur Dynasty. [drawing] |
| 3255 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression on fragment of black clay sealing. Early Sumerian. Before BC 3000. [drawing] |
| 3256 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Carnelian. About BC 700. [drawing] |
| 3257 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Limestone. About BC 2300. [drawing] |
| 3289 | (none) | 1927,1003.206 | (none) | Stone seal or button. Pendant type of brown stone with basket-work pattern. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3319 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. Worshipping the god Martu BC 2000. Inscription dSin-she-mi son of Ili-tu-um-na(?) [drawing] |
| 3320 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Pottery. Worshipping the tree of life? A fish. About BC 700. |
| 3321 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Pottery. Worshipping the tree of life and lance. About BC 610. |
| 3322 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. Worshipping the goddess about BC 2400. (is this the Baghdad cylinder marked here U.3488?) [drawing] |
| 3323 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal? Steatite. Unusual crescent shape. Running wild bull among tree. [drawing] |
| 3324 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Soapstone. About BC 2800. Winged gate on crouching bull [drawing] |
| 3325 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder about BC 2400. Introducing worshipper to a goddess. [drawing] |
| 3342 | (none) | 1927,1003.193 | (none) | Seal Cylinder. White limestone. Worn. Worshipping the Tree of Life. Assyrian influence BC 1200 (?) [drawing] |
| 3343 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. Worn. Tree of Life about BC 1200. [drawing] |
| 3353 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Red Limestone? Worn. About BC. 800. [drawing] |
| 3359 | (none) | 1927,1003.203 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Diorite. About BC 2500. [drawing] |
| 6002 | (none) | (none) | B16287 | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Below, figure Gilgamesh? prostrate above, offering to Ea, heraldic animals, etc. c. BC 2300. ? Brick. VII | |
| 6003 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Human figure, animals and inscription. Inscription(?) [reference to drawing] Perhaps: Lugal = king? |
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Brick Stamps - Cylinder Seals - Seal Impression - Stamp Seals