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)
957	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Seal impression, showing standing figures.
959	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment with seal impression, showing animal figures and a tree.
963A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-T] 20 fragments of seal impressions. See U.962. Placed in separate unmarked box.
981	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. With seal impression, showing standing human figure holding an animal by the tail, and two line inscription.
994A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] 5 clay fragments. 2 pairs joining, with inscribed impressions. Placed in small box numbered separately.
995	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of cylinder seal. With 3 line inscription. 1st line Bau-na--- 2nd line: reads: duma a-tu?. 3rd line: broken.
1043	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black and white marble. Large, rather coarsely engraved. Men and beasts, subjects.
1045	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Large with coarsely engraved scenes of animal, etc.
1046	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription.
1047	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription.
1048	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing figures.
1049	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Small: figures and inscription.
1050	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures.
1051	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White quartzite. Chipped. Figures.
1052	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite: presentation scene.
1053	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Bad condition. Figures and inscription.
1111	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment (711) of New Babylonian Clay cylinder with inscription for Nabonidus (cf. Langdon, Neubab.Konigsinscar. P.250ff.) Duplicate of U.1131, U.1132 and other fragments unnumbered making up part of the complete cylinder.
1115	(none)	1924,0920.179	(none)	Seal. Black burnt clay. Incised lines on face. [drawing]
1131	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from middle of a baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus (cf. U.1132, U.1111) in 2 columns 2 3/8 [60.325mm] by 1 3/4 [44.45mm] inscription concerning the building of E-lugal-galga-si-sa, the Ziggurat of Ur. Joins U.1132, and another fragment unnumbered making up part of complete cylinder.
1132	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from left side of backed clay cylinder of Nabonidus. Part of same object as U.1113, but does not join. (Joins a later discovered fragmnet, completing the left end of the cylinder) Joins U.1131, and another fragment unnumbered making up part of complete cylinder.
1146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli seal. Human figurre incised. [drawing]
1152	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Persian(?) 2 gryphons facing palm tree. [drawing]
1155	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from small baked clay barrel-cylinder of Nabonidus. Fragments of 4 lines, from Column I. Inscription of duplicate of U.1111, U.1113, etc. Probably part of same object as U.1154 but does not join.
1156	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of baked clay barrel-cylinder of nabonidus, inscription duplicate of that upon U.1111, U.1113, etc. Fragments of 15 lines, from column I.
1157	(none)	(none)	(none)	Portion of baked clay barrel-cylinder of Nabonidus, inscribed as U.1111, U.1131, etc. 16 lines, column I and 5 column II.