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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
 | 17121B | (none) | (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) |
| 17330 | (none) | 1931,1010.70 | (none) | Stamp seal. Conical. Glass paste? Gazelle crescent moon. |
| 17338 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Oblong sides convex. [drawing] |
| 17339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Dark grey. Oval. Scorpion. |
| 17340 | 31-43-11 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17341 | 31-43-76 | (none) | (none) | Button seal. Steatite(?). White. Fragment. Half only remains. Animals. With a boss on the upper side perforated for suspension. |
| 17342 | (none) | 1931,1010.14 | (none) | Button seal. Polished stone. Mottled. Fragment. |
| 17343 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Baked clay. Crescent shaped. Design: Deeplay and crescent thus [reference to drawing] [drawing] |
| 17355 | 31-43-71 | (none) | (none) | Scarab. Glass paste. Yellowish. Tip missing. Two hieroglyphic (?) signs and a seated deity. RA? | |
| 17380 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Stone. Mottled. Crescent moon, circles and spears (?). [drawing] |
| 17381 | (none) | 1931,1010.69 | (none) | Stamp seal. Baked clay. Green. Figures on three sides. Demon, gazelle, bird and on under side man with hand raised over a spear (?) [drawing 1:1] |
| 17397 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Gazelle and crescent moon. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17399 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Winged dragon squatting. Tab anal. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17412 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Quartzite? Reddish brown. [drawing] |
| 17421A | 31-43-212 | (none) | (none) | 2 signet rings. Silver. [A] One with circular bezel. [B] One with oval bezel. | |
| 17421B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 signet rings. Silver. [A] One with circular bezel. [B] One with oval bezel. |
| 17630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Red pebble. Roughly circular, but one side worn away = top convex, underside flat with crude design, drill worked, of two animals (?) much obliterated. [drawing] |
| 17649 | (none) | 1932,1008.178 | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular with ribbed loop handle Mohenjodaro type with characteric Indian bull and inscription of 4 characters. [drawing] |
| 17662 | 32-40-319 | (none) | (none) | Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17715 | 32-40-322 | (none) | (none) | Seal. Persian type. Chalcedone. Pierced for threading, engraved lines on face [drawing 1:1]. |
| 17732 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal. Chalcedony. Persian. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17797 | 32-40-345 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Shell. One side flattened and rough representation of animal drilled and scratched on. [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. |
| 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] |
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