Seal Impression
This category includes clay objects on which seal impressions were made.
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
Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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![]() | 18413Z | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragment of unclassified designs, mostly with men and animals. |
![]() | 18408A | 33-35-377 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of impressed with design of animals playing musical instrumentes. |
18408B | 33-35-378 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of impressed with design of animals playing musical instrumentes. | |
![]() | 18408C | 33-35-379 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of impressed with design of animals playing musical instrumentes. |
18400A | 33-35-305 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With curvilinear diaper pattern and pear-shaped filling ornament. One fragment has above the diaper pattern a row of animals. | |
18400B | 33-35-306 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With curvilinear diaper pattern and pear-shaped filling ornament. One fragment has above the diaper pattern a row of animals. | |
18400C | 33-35-307 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With curvilinear diaper pattern and pear-shaped filling ornament. One fragment has above the diaper pattern a row of animals. | |
18400D | 33-35-308 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With curvilinear diaper pattern and pear-shaped filling ornament. One fragment has above the diaper pattern a row of animals. | |
18400E | 33-35-309 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With curvilinear diaper pattern and pear-shaped filling ornament. One fragment has above the diaper pattern a row of animals. | |
![]() | 18400F | 33-35-310 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With curvilinear diaper pattern and pear-shaped filling ornament. One fragment has above the diaper pattern a row of animals. |
18253 | 33-35-189 | (none) | (none) | Clay seal impression. Archaic. Broken and incomplete. A naked man fighting, two heraldically crossed animals: a crouched bull and a seated goddess. | |
18289 | 33-35-259 | (none) | (none) | Clay seal impression. From a cylinder. Standing figure of worshipper, with shaven head and long dress. | |
18310 | 33-35-260 | (none) | (none) | Clay seal impression. In a rectangular frame a guilloche, the strands made up of 3 narrow bands at one end, remains of an animal scene. | |
18311 | 33-35-261 | (none) | (none) | Clay seal impression. Long strip of clay on which a very fair impression. A standing figure (?): before him a small figure fallen backwards (?): behind him two dwarflike figure in violent action (?) = above a guilloche: beyond them, two rampant beasts heraldically crossed (?) | |
18325 | 33-35-262 | (none) | (none) | Clay seal impression. Men and animals fighting. [Note on back of card reads Check in Catalog of Vol. IV, was there, but has been removed. The note is signed [illegible], and dated 1936.] | |
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. | |
![]() | 6960 | 47-29-075 | (none) | (none) | Clay sealing with seal impression. dGimil dSin, mighty king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world - Igianna-ge-zu the minister, son of Araddani the judge, is thy servant. H.C. |
13072 | 31-16-626 | (none) | (none) | Clay sealing. | |
11688 | 31-16-606 | (none) | (none) | Clay Sealing. From large cylinder (concave) numerous fleeing gazelles (??) mingled with vases. | |
8804 | (none) | (none) | B17217 | Clay sealing?? Large clay fragment with elaborate design of spirals etc. | |
![]() | 67B | (none) | (none) | B15239 | Clay seals 2. From wheat-sack fastening cords each bearing stamps of oval seals. on (A) pegasus, lion, stag. on (B) lion(?), Bucranium, etc. [Annotated] B and Phil |
![]() | 6748A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of seal impressions. (A) Bur-Sin etc. Ur azag-nun-na, minister, son of Arad-dani, judge, thy servant. (B) Same Seal used with Alteration of the royal name into Gimil-Sin the. worshiper introduced to seated Moon God- A lion "Passant" on the side of the throne. |
![]() | 6748B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of seal impressions. (A) Bur-Sin etc. Ur azag-nun-na, minister, son of Arad-dani, judge, thy servant. (B) Same Seal used with Alteration of the royal name into Gimil-Sin the. worshiper introduced to seated Moon God- A lion "Passant" on the side of the throne. |
14878 | 31-16-680 | (none) | (none) | Jar sealings. With rough scratchings. (complete). | |
14733 | 31-16-678 | (none) | (none) | Jar-sealing, mark of linen beneath. |
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