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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8685 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular, button type. Design: below, a bull. Above. | |
 | 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 |
| 10153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal Lapis lazuli Lentoid shaped 3 registers Men and gazelles |
| 11181 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Handle type, rectangular. Scorpion. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11449 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Square with tubular handle, one corner anciently broken. Scene: a worshipper before Ningal. |
| 12796 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Carnelian. Crescent moon and great bead (?). Persian period. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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] | |
| 13985 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay seal? Apparently button stamp seal with numerous confused and badly cut signs. Nothing legible (except possibly Ses-ki and Kur ?). |
| 14432A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal pendant. Limestone. Cut as an animal possibly a hedgehog(?) and engraved in flat side with 2 gazelles or antelopes (?) Perforated vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14435A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze object. Flat seal? Buoy shaped. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14436A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Chalcedony. Mauve. Faceted and suspended by a copper hook. Typical Persian period stamp seal. Engraved with design of a bearded deity wearing a cap and a long coat hand raised over a horse on the back of which is a pedestal supporting a crescent in a hole attribute and star. |
| 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] |
| 14791 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay seal? With cruciform pattern. |
| 15179 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Conical. Chalcedony. Persian. Engraved with design of winged monster: bearded male head with conical hat, bulls body, bull feet. In front an altar, and above a cresent moon. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15191 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Lapis lazuli paste. Vulture; Asiatic sphinx; Neb sign. |
| 15323 | (none) | 1930,1213.138 | (none) | Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square, with oval handle laterally pierced. Much worn: on the face a design. [drawing] |
| 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] |
| 15703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Chacedony. Poorly cut. [drawing] |
| 15706 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Glazed. Engraved with ichthyomorphic? designs? [drawing 1:1] |
| 15707 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15793 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15806 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Carnelian stamp seal. Engraved with figure of a squatting sphinx. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15807 | (none) | 1930,1213.144 | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
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