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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16106 | (none) | 1931,1010.72 | (none) | Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Spread eagle and gazelle - a pair? |
| 7917 | (none) | (none) | B16905 | Flat seal. Hemispherical. Calcite. Greyish. Animal? design. | |
| 16167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Oval quartz. Engraved with design of winged dragon. |
| 2995 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Pottery. Neo-Babylonian/Persian Period [drawing] |
| 7690 | (none) | 1928,1009.57 | (none) | Flat seal. Pyramidal. 5 round cavities on flat side [drawing of pattern] |
| 17412 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Quartzite? Reddish brown. [drawing] |
| 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. |
| 7663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Sard, pale blue. Winged insect? |
| 7899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. 2 birds reversed and a scorpion? |
| 17397 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Gazelle and crescent moon. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17028 | 31-43-69 | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Oval. Upper side convex and umbilical antelope (?) and a bird on its back [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17399 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Winged dragon squatting. Tab anal. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7123 | (none) | 1927,0527.195 | (none) | Flat seal. White paste. Hemispherical. Fish and serpent. Neo-Babylonian. B. [drawing on separate card][drawing 1:1] |
| 7124 | (none) | 1927,0527.202 | (none) | Flat seal. Yellow paste. Hemispherical. Crescent moon and star. Neo-Babylonian. |
| 6737 | (none) | (none) | B16210, B16210 | Fragment of steatite stamp for bricks. (E)-gu-bu?. About BC 2700. E. |
| 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?) |
| 16927G | 31-43-7 | (none) | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] | |
| 493 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lapis lazuli seal, pointed topped, like U 486. Subject, a fish. [drawing] |
| 1146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lapis lazuli seal. Human figurre incised. [drawing] |
| 494 | (none) | 1923,1110.196 | (none) | Lapis lazuli seal. Scaraboid. Subject [drawing] |
| 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 ??) |
| 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. |
| 18105 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scarab seal of glazed frit, the glaze perished. Highly conventionalized: below, a goat? [drawing] |
| 17941 | (none) | 1932,1008.180 | (none) | Scarab. Frit, formerly glazed, now perished. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17355 | 31-43-71 | (none) | (none) | Scarab. Glass paste. Yellowish. Tip missing. Two hieroglyphic (?) signs and a seated deity. RA? |
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