Seal Impression

This category includes clay objects on which seal impressions were made. Many of these were found in PG (the SIS layers). Some of them have impressions of what they were sealing on the opposite side: vessels or the knots used to lock doors.

Objects: Seal Impression Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
(none)	31-16-613	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
(none)	31-16-614	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
11036	47-29-444	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. 1-fragment from Dub-lalmah archive. Seal of son of Ur-dingir-ra? Lugal Ka-gi-na. Present: scene showing only Patron (with both hands raised) and Client. HC..177
11680	31-16-630	(none)	(none)	Clay Seal Impressions on lamp or tablet. with geometrical design spread eagle, star, sun? (like sign UD) angular man(?) carrying pot, and other things.
11688	31-16-606	(none)	(none)	Clay Sealing. From large cylinder (concave) numerous fleeing gazelles (??) mingled with vases.
12545	31-16-648	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Serpant.
12547A	31-16-635	(none)	(none)	[A] Seal impression. Animals (?) including a scorpion and [B] another sealing similar
12547B	31-16-637	(none)	(none)	[A] Seal impression. Animals (?) including a scorpion and [B] another sealing similar
12771N	31-17-319D	(none)	(none)	Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid].
13072	31-16-626	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing.
13607A	31-16-677	(none)	(none)	Jar-sealing. [A-B] Two large fragments. Original diam. part. c. 013 Inscription: (me)s (?)-an-ni-p(ad)-da Lugal Kiski dam nu-gig. Left of inscriptions: naked man holding lion by tail, lion facing another man. Right of inscriptions: Lion attacks caprid; fine gilgamis figure holding caprid; himself attacked by lion. Below inscription: square design of four little naked men (note hair or headdress) each attacking one in front? with dagger (of different sorts.) Hc. 1929/30-4.
13653	31-16-629	(none)	(none)	Jar-sealing. Archaic human figures and unidentified details.
13681	31-16-621	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. men, animals (?) and caduceus(?) PR 1404
13687	31-16-610	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion? Man with radiate hair, lion.
13688	31-16-667	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Man with radiate hair and animals.
13814A	31-16-618	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Man and ? Fragmentary. Inscription? HC.208.
13846	31-16-631	(none)	(none)	Seal Impressions. 2 pieces. Geometrical design as 13817
13872	31-16-622	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Scorpion, etc.
13880B	31-16-615	(none)	(none)	Seal Impression. Geometrical Design. Two pieces joined. one found several days later. This is better a tablet than a jar-sealing. Also another "Tablet" with same impression.
13912	31-16-675	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Rosette, altars and vessels?? etc.
13933	31-16-645	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Geometrical, perhaps belonging together.
13936	31-16-634	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical.
13938	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Finely cut figures: scorpion, ass, monkey? bull-head, etc. This seal is more clearly represented on 13963.
13954	31-16-679	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Arabesque.
13969	31-16-644, 31-16-644	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Inscription. HC..217.