Title: Cities, Seals, and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur     
Date: 1993     
Author: Matthews, R. J.      
Publisher: Gebr. Mann Verlag     
Publication place: Berlin     

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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)
13935 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical, perhaps belonging together.
13936 31-16-634 (none) (none) Seal impression. Geometrical.
13943 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression. Inscription: 5 impressions of a cylinder which gives several signs arranged in a decorative scheme, with ornatmental additions... Begins with ideograms of Kes and Adab (both with unusaul forms) HC..215 (UET/II: 330)
13944 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression. Fragment of inscription. HC.216 UET II: 320)
13955 (none) 1930,1213.431 (none) Seal impression. Elaborate geometrical design.
13965 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical.
13966 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical.
13969 31-16-644, 31-16-644 (none) (none) Seal impression. Inscription. HC..217.
13972 31-16-674 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??).
13973 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??).
13975 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression. Inscription.
13988 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression. 4 pieces. Gazelles. Foliage? Gazelle, etc. Geometrical.
13992 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. 3 not clear designs.
13994 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. 3 not clear designs.
13999 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. Geometrical.
14101 31-16-655 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218
14102 (none) 1930,1213.460 (none) Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218
14115 31-16-651, 31-16-651 (none) (none) Seal impression. Long inscription. HC.220.
14122 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression. Elaborate more or less geometrical design. Hardly writing though the signs? DDD occur.
14123A (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. Elaborate geometrical design. Also another [B] more fragmentary example.
14123B 31-16-670 (none) (none) Seal impressions. Elaborate geometrical design. Also another [B] more fragmentary example.
14125 (none) 1930,1213.456 (none) Seal impression. Stamp seal. Subject doubtful.
14146 (none) (none) (none) Seal impressions. Fragments with geometrical design.
14157 (none) 1930,1213.451 (none) Seal impression. Design: perhaps altars & vessels.
14169 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression (not evident if Jar-sealing) Inscription: ub ud-nun (=Adab) Su-dingir-sar+DU (=Kes) (??) Ses+AB (=Ur) and picture of a bird. So apparently picture writing and sign writing mingled. (cf. U.14170, U.13881) HC. UET II: 323)

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