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)
20	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite Greenish-grey. Seated figure of a divinity rt, before whom 5 standing figures.
(none)	(none)	1923,1110.182	(none)	(none)
54	(none)	1923,1110.190	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Engraved with scene of worshipper being introduced to a god standing in front of a gate.
55	(none)	1923,1110.191	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Broken in half and chipped down one side. Scene: 3 figures in a row advancing l[eft]. Found with beads round neck of body in larnax burial.
79	(none)	1923,1110.40	(none)	Clay brick-stamps, Fr. of with figs in bold relief. [drawing 1:1]
80	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Greenish white steatite. Subject, god seated rt. A minor deity introducing a worshipper: inscr. in 2 columns [drawing of inscription] 3rd Dynasty
81	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Paste. Poor condition. Simple criss-cross design. [drawing 1:1]
101	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mud seal impression. fr of. Upper part of god's figure l. with lance behind. Probably 3rd Dynasty? [drawing not to scale]
125	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1]
126	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Coarse white marble (?) With black veins, chipped. Two birds: very rough work: late. [drawing 1:1]
130	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell core. One side badly chipped. Subject: 2 figs approaching a seated god: 2 columns of inscription.
141	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Gilgamesh (?) and lion, sacred tree and another human figure. Poor work and much worn.
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]