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)
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.
14813	31-16-652	(none)	(none)	Jar-sealing. Scratchings. Signs(?) HC.2036
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].
14597	31-16-603	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. 2 persons concerned with pots: a child; an emblem; a rosette stamp;
14825A	31-16-633	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. 2 pieces. Probalby belonging together. Stars, stylized reptile, etc. and rosette stamp.
14825B	31-16-671	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. 2 pieces. Probalby belonging together. Stars, stylized reptile, etc. and rosette stamp.
14514	31-16-681	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Animal & human figure.
13954	31-16-679	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Arabesque.
14000	31-16-616	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Cult scene. Naked man with pot before seated figure, behind him pots and another object.
14643	31-16-673	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Dancing man?
14163	31-16-672	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Deer, star, branch (tree), and man.
14687	31-16-612	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Design representing basketwork?
14769	31-16-601	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Eagle, conflicting animals, gazelle.
14688	31-16-605	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Elaborate geometrical design.
14586	31-16-602	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Elaborate linear pattern.
14588	30-12-761	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Elaborate linear pattern.
14617	31-16-636	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Elaborate linear.
13938	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Finely cut figures: scorpion, ass, monkey? bull-head, etc. This seal is more clearly represented on 13963.
13980	31-16-607	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Gazelle, vegetation, man and jar.
13984	31-16-628	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Gazelles and trees.
15045	31-16-676	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical and rosette stamp.
14732	31-16-649	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical design.
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.
14758	31-16-650	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical or architectural design.