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)
14641	31-16-662	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Linear design (vegetational?)
14589B	31-16-664	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Seal impressions. 3 pieces containing the leaf pattern.
14196	31-16-665	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Naked man with staff(?) over shoulder, animals.
14192	31-16-666	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Leaf design?
13688	31-16-667	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Man with radiate hair and animals.
14571	31-16-668	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Line of men, in hand & pots.
14527	31-16-669	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical.
14123B	31-16-670	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Elaborate geometrical design. Also another [B] more fragmentary example.
14825B	31-16-671	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. 2 pieces. Probalby belonging together. Stars, stylized reptile, etc. and rosette stamp.
14163	31-16-672	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Deer, star, branch (tree), and man.
14643	31-16-673	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Dancing man?
13972	31-16-674	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??).
13912	31-16-675	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Rosette, altars and vessels?? etc.
15045	31-16-676	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Geometrical and rosette stamp.
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.
14733	31-16-678	(none)	(none)	Jar-sealing, mark of linen beneath.
13954	31-16-679	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Arabesque.
14878	31-16-680	(none)	(none)	Jar sealings. With rough scratchings. (complete).
14514	31-16-681	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Animal & human figure.
14789	31-16-682	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Large sealing-many animals. cf. U.14788.
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].
16561A	31-43-79	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561C	31-43-86, 31-43-87	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561D	31-43-87, 31-43-88	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15
16561E	31-43-88	(none)	(none)	[A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15