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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9265 | (none) | 1928,1009.59 | (none) | Button seal Black shale? One side flat, the other convex On the convex side 4 sets of concentric rings Pl. 62 vol. IV L.BM. 120576 |
| 7915 | (none) | 1928,1009.58 | (none) | Flat seal. Convex on one side. Hole perforated through top for attachment. Whorl design on flat side. Yellowish marble with red streaks. |
| 7690 | (none) | 1928,1009.57 | (none) | Flat seal. Pyramidal. 5 round cavities on flat side [drawing of pattern] |
| 7683 | (none) | 1928,1009.56 | (none) | Flat seal. Rectangular base with rounded corners. Half cylinder pierced superimposed. Steatite. Mottled grey. Inscribed. Powerful bull=like animal with head bent downwards. In style of Mohenjo Daro seals. |
| 2643 | (none) | 1927,1003.72 | (none) | Stone seal. Flat seal, pierced for suspension: design obliterated. Roughly circular. |
| 3225 | (none) | 1927,1003.207 | (none) | Square seal. Diorite. Early Sumerian, Before BC 3200. [drawing] |
| 3289 | (none) | 1927,1003.206 | (none) | Stone seal or button. Pendant type of brown stone with basket-work pattern. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6935 | (none) | 1927,0527.207 | (none) | Seal. Black steatite. Cut on flat base. Pyramid shaped. Rough work. Chair? Scorpion above or animal? Before 3000BC. E. [drawing] |
| 6299 | (none) | 1927,0527.206 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Flat on one side hemispherical on the other glazed pottery scarab on the flat a crouching dragon (?) Egypt in influence. About BC 500. |
| 7065 | (none) | 1927,0527.203 | (none) | Seal. Grey stone. Oblong rounded ends, on one side lion with flowing tail devouring a bird, on the other a human head, at side a fish, and on opposite side 5 holes in a line. E. |
| 7124 | (none) | 1927,0527.202 | (none) | Flat seal. Yellow paste. Hemispherical. Crescent moon and star. Neo-Babylonian. |
| 6020 | (none) | 1927,0527.201 | (none) | Stamp seal, flattened hemispherical -obverse convex- top with decorative workings - 3 parallel lines running across centre and 4 concentric circles in corners. White steatite. Two Sumerian - man & wife bring as an offering a goat (?) and a vase of milk. diam. 0022 width 0004 About BC 3500. photograph 554 E. |
| 7123 | (none) | 1927,0527.195 | (none) | Flat seal. White paste. Hemispherical. Fish and serpent. Neo-Babylonian. B. [drawing on separate card][drawing 1:1] |
| 6501 | (none) | 1927,0527.142 | (none) | Miniature bull pendant. Shell. Flat base with and information upon it? Possibly a winged animal and crescent moon. Crouching winged dragon. Crescent. About BC 500 (or early ??) |
| 1115 | (none) | 1924,0920.179 | (none) | Seal. Black burnt clay. Incised lines on face. [drawing] |
| 79 | (none) | 1923,1110.40 | (none) | Clay brick-stamps, Fr. of with figs in bold relief. [drawing 1:1] |
| (none) | (none) | 1923,1110.199 | (none) | (none) |
| 492 | (none) | 1923,1110.198 | (none) | Agate seal. Oval topped. Subject, sphinx. [drawing] |
| 491 | (none) | 1923,1110.197 | (none) | Amethystine quartz seal. Pointed on top, like U.486, Subject, sphinx couchant.[drawing] |
| 494 | (none) | 1923,1110.196 | (none) | Lapis lazuli seal. Scaraboid. Subject [drawing] |
| (none) | (none) | 1919,1011.5122 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1919,1011.5121 | (none) | (none) |
| 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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