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)
142	(none)	(none)	(none)	White shell cylinder seal. 2 animals? Very poor and worn specimen.
160	(none)	(none)	(none)	Conoid seal. Black steatite on base. A roughly sketched design almost recognizable. [drawing 1:1]
167	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White Steatite [crossed out] crystalline marble, burnt: poor condition. Subject: seated god rt; before him an altar, then 2 standing figs l. and remains of column of inscription.
174	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very poorly engraved. [drawing]
230	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Upper part of = White marble (?) burnt to the consistency of French chalk. Remains of rather fine engraving of 3rd Dynasty style.
391	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Probably of jar-sealing, with seal impressions showing crosses, animals, etc. Found TTB26 see U381
411	(none)	(none)	(none)	Chalcedony seal. Very roughly engraved with design of two fish. [drawing 1:1]
415	(none)	(none)	(none)	Rock crystal cylinder seal. Fragment of. Subject: Gilgamesh and the lions: 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy work.
447	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pyramidal seal. Black steatite. one half of Subject: a standing god rt; before him a standing worshipper l: between them a sacred column (?) and a scorpion.
448	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: a god standing and two worshippers one on each side of him. Very poor, scratchy work.
486	(none)	(none)	(none)	Chalcedony seal [drawing]
488	(none)	(none)	(none)	Agate seal. Same shape as U.486. subject [drawing]
489	(none)	(none)	(none)	Chalcedony seal. Same shape as U.486. Subject [drawing]
490	(none)	(none)	(none)	Agate seal. Oblong, oval, topped. Subject [drawing]
491	(none)	1923,1110.197	(none)	Amethystine quartz seal. Pointed on top, like U.486, Subject, sphinx couchant.[drawing]
492	(none)	1923,1110.198	(none)	Agate seal. Oval topped. Subject, sphinx. [drawing]
493	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli seal, pointed topped, like U 486. Subject, a fish. [drawing]
494	(none)	1923,1110.196	(none)	Lapis lazuli seal. Scaraboid. Subject [drawing]
495	(none)	(none)	(none)	Scarab. White steatite. Inscr. [drawing]
(none)	(none)	1923,1110.199	(none)	(none)
573	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of jar sealing with a single seal impressed 3 times.
574	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Seal impression showing figure of worshipper being introduced and four line inscription "Azag-Nannar, the scribe, the secretary, son of Nannar-du-ul-a..., priest of Nannar."
575	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment (jar sealing?) With two seal impressions. One shows 5 line inscription the other 4 lines, broken.
576	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Seal impression with three-line inscription, standing figures either side. Seal of RU(?)-AB-KI-A-RA-? Son of Ibi-Sin, servant of AN-AN(MAR-TU). Duplicate of U.582.
577	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of jar or bottle sealing. Seal-impression showing portions of 4-line inscription.