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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16734 | 31-43-68 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Glazed frit. Palm tree(?) Perforated for suspension. [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] | |
| 16117 | 31-43-66 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Mauve chalcedony(?) Concial-suspended by copper wire. Roughly engraved with figure of a man. [drawing] | |
| 16605 | 31-43-6 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square. Perforated through holder. Pair of crescent moons. Pair of stars; pair of ostriches. [drawing] | |
| 17011 | 31-43-5 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 17044F | 31-43-220 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
| 17044C | 31-43-219 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
| 17044B | 31-43-218 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
| 17044E | 31-43-217 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
| 17044A | 31-43-216 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
| 17044D | 31-43-215 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels. | |
| 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. | |
| 17421A | 31-43-212 | (none) | (none) | 2 signet rings. Silver. [A] One with circular bezel. [B] One with oval bezel. | |
| 16408 | 31-43-2 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Circular, convex above of striped black and white marble, design almost entirely perished; worked mostly with the drill. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16653 | 31-43-154 | (none) | (none) | Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads. | |
| 17340 | 31-43-11 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17121A | 31-43-10 | (none) | (none) | Seals. Two steatite plaques, rectangular and oblong, flat on one side and gabled on the other, the gabled side pierced perhaps for a metal ring handle. A) [drawing 1:1] thus, with rough design of a scorpion. B) smaller but apparently with the same design (much worn) | |
| 16211 | 31-43-1 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1] | |
| (none) | 31-17-257 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 13722 | 31-17-24 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1] | |
| (none) | 31-17-169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 79 | (none) | 1923,1110.40 | (none) | Clay brick-stamps, Fr. of with figs in bold relief. [drawing 1:1] |
| 160 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Conoid seal. Black steatite on base. A roughly sketched design almost recognizable. [drawing 1:1] |
| 411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chalcedony seal. Very roughly engraved with design of two fish. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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. |
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