Stamp Seals
This category includes seals that are square or rectangular in shape.
This category includes seals that are square or rectangular in shape. They are created from any type of material. They are used by pressing the inscribed side into a mud or clay object.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19873 | (none) | 1935,0112.71 | (none) | Stamp seal. White calcite. Triangular with rounded corner. One corner missing : on the remaining surface, 2 animals. |
| 18830 | (none) | 1935,0112.55 | (none) | Stamp seal. Square. Dark mottled steatite. A spread eagle holding in one claw a club(?) and with the other clasping a small human figure. |
| 18256B | (none) | 1933,1013.11 | (none) | Group. [A] 1) Large earring (?) of base silver, a ring with 6 pendant grape clusters. [B] 2) Silver finger ring with flat bezel engraved thus [reference to drawing], roughly with figure of a dog. [C] 3) Copper ring with silver oval bezel, the design perished. [D-F] 4) A set of 3 copper rings once set with glass paste (or in two cases stones?) |
| 17941 | (none) | 1932,1008.180 | (none) | Scarab. Frit, formerly glazed, now perished. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18190 | (none) | 1932,1008.179 | (none) | Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Square pyramidal design, a spread eagle. |
| 17649 | (none) | 1932,1008.178 | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular with ribbed loop handle Mohenjodaro type with characteric Indian bull and inscription of 4 characters. [drawing] |
| 16783C | (none) | 1931,1010.77 | (none) | [A-C] 3 seals. 2 scaraboids. (A). 1 frit scaraboid with scorpion engraved; (B). 1 mottled marble(?) with gazelle engraved. (C). 1 brownish stone stamp seal: star engraved. |
| 16165 | (none) | 1931,1010.75 | (none) | Flat seal. Brownish stone. 1 end missing. Ovoid. Figure standing before an alter(?) Attibute? Sun? |
| 16805 | (none) | 1931,1010.74 | (none) | Carnelian scaraboid. Phoenician inscription. [drawing] |
| 16106 | (none) | 1931,1010.72 | (none) | Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Spread eagle and gazelle - a pair? |
| 16613 | (none) | 1931,1010.71 | (none) | Stamp seal. Black steatite. Spread eagle. [drawing] |
| 17330 | (none) | 1931,1010.70 | (none) | Stamp seal. Conical. Glass paste? Gazelle crescent moon. |
| 17381 | (none) | 1931,1010.69 | (none) | Stamp seal. Baked clay. Green. Figures on three sides. Demon, gazelle, bird and on under side man with hand raised over a spear (?) [drawing 1:1] |
| 16610 | (none) | 1931,1010.63 | (none) | Stamp seal. White marble? 3 animals, one of them a gazelle? [drawing] |
| 16638 | (none) | 1931,1010.62 | (none) | Flat seal. Ovoid. White limestone. Scorpion? and 5 circles. [drawing] |
| 16362 | (none) | 1931,1010.272 | (none) | Bronze finger ring with oval-shaped bezel. | |
| 16761 | (none) | 1931,1010.271 | (none) | Silver finger Ring. With oval bezel-engraved. |
| 17342 | (none) | 1931,1010.14 | (none) | Button seal. Polished stone. Mottled. Fragment. |
| 16181 | (none) | 1931,1010.13 | (none) | Button seal. Steatite. Incised cross on flat side. Convex side also had triple cross incisions and incised circles. Over part of the seal is a white surface that has the appearance of a glaze. Seal has been perforated transversely through the convex side. The white surface is visible also the inside of the perforated hole. [drawing] |
| 15807 | (none) | 1930,1213.144 | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15491 | (none) | 1930,1213.143 | (none) | Stamp seal. Rounded, upper side umbilical. Greenish glaze with design of a dog(?). [drawing 1:1] |
| 15493 | (none) | 1930,1213.142 | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Now dull yellow. glazed. Incised with design of sphinx. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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. |
| 14476 | (none) | 1930,1213.139 | (none) | Stamp seal. White marble(?) or pebble. scaraboid shape. Rudely engraved below thus: [drawing 1:1] |
| 15323 | (none) | 1930,1213.138 | (none) | Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square, with oval handle laterally pierced. Much worn: on the face a design. [drawing] |
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