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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17835A | 32-40-308 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing] | |
 | 17835B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing] |
| 16140A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair. Scaraboid seals. Frit. |
| 16140B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair. Scaraboid seals. Frit. |
| 16137A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of scaraboid seals. Glaze paste. |
| 16137B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of scaraboid seals. Glaze paste. |
| 16198A | 31-43-213 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bronze [bronze is struck through and silver written next to it] finger rings. (A) one with circular bezel. Phil. | |
| 17011 | 31-43-5 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 2643 | (none) | 1927,1003.72 | (none) | Stone seal. Flat seal, pierced for suspension: design obliterated. Roughly circular. |
| 1424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone seal. Black four-sided. 2 wide and 2 narrow sides, pierced like a cylinder seal. One of wide sides has figure of a god standing on the back of an animal, the corresponding side a bird. On the narrow sides are designs. [drawing] |
| 3289 | (none) | 1927,1003.206 | (none) | Stone seal or button. Pendant type of brown stone with basket-work pattern. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17833 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statuette of reclining dog (?). Calcite. Originally, colored bright red (some of color left) with eyes filled in with black. The beast has a ruff and a bushy tail. A hole is pierced from the top of the back to the stomach. On the under side a seal cutting (much perished) showing animals mostly cut with the drill. |
| 19974 | 35-1-18 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. [drawing 1:1] |
| 19975 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18361 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. White marble. Convex above: oval, flat below with a crude design of drilled spots. [drawing 1:1] |
| 19873 | (none) | 1935,0112.71 | (none) | Stamp seal. White calcite. Triangular with rounded corner. One corner missing : on the remaining surface, 2 animals. |
| 17380 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Stone. Mottled. Crescent moon, circles and spears (?). [drawing] |
| 17024 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Mottled grey. Hero between a pair of antelopes? Rampant very faintly outlined. [drawing] |
| 17339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Dark grey. Oval. Scorpion. |
| 17338 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Oblong sides convex. [drawing] |
| 17100 | 31-43-67 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Conoid. Bearded male figure holding an offering before a throne (?) or altar with a high back in which is planted a spear. Emblems. Fish and crescent moon. [drawing] | |
| 11449 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Square with tubular handle, one corner anciently broken. Scene: a worshipper before Ningal. |
| 1423 | (none) | (none) | B15596 | Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing] |
| 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. |
| 17797 | 32-40-345 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Shell. One side flattened and rough representation of animal drilled and scratched on. [drawing 1:1] |
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