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.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
17621	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sealing. Clay. Perforated for string.
17622	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Inscription. Clay. Presentation scene; two figures; one line of semi-erased inscription.
17688	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sealing. Clay. Inscribed. [drawing 1:1]
17883	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay jar-sealing with archaic seal-impression elaborate curvilinear design including heads of men and bulls combined.
18124A	32-40-346	(none)	(none)	[A-DK] Seal impressions. A large collection, giving impressions (baked) of Greek, Persian and Babylonian gems. Green coins, etc. (See separate notes)
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.
18275	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing from a basket or panel: string marks underneath. The clay has been roughly squeezed together on the strings and then incised on two sides. [drawing 1:1]
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.]
18393	33-35-159	(none)	(none)	Clay ball flattened on one side. Incised on it, lines which may be merely decoration but may be script.
18394A	33-35-263	(none)	(none)	[A-Q] Clay jar stoppers. Fragments of. With roughly incised decoration. 16 fragments in all.
18397A	33-35-293	(none)	(none)	[A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.
18398	33-35-297	(none)	(none)	Clay jar sealing. Fragment of. Stamped with linear design apparely including script elements. Good example.
18399A	33-35-300	(none)	(none)	Clay jar sealings, Fragments of. Impressed with complicated linear designs in fine raised lines.
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.
18401A	33-35-311	(none)	(none)	[A-L] Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With impressed decoration designs, mixed types.
18402A	33-35-323	(none)	(none)	[A-H] Clay jar sealings. Fragments of. With circular designs from stamp seals or from the ends of cylinders.
18403	33-35-331	(none)	(none)	Clay jar sealing, fragment of. Bearing a very clear impression of the cloth which was wrapped round it.
18404A	33-35-332	(none)	(none)	[A-S] Clay jar sealing. Fragment of. With impressed designs, apparently of milking scene (not all from the same seal) and round topped huts.
18405	33-35-344	(none)	(none)	Clay jar sealing, fragment of. With elaborate design including human figures.
18406A	33-35-351	(none)	(none)	[A-H] Clay jar sealings. Fragments of impressed with design of a procession of animals. (not from the same seal)
18407A	33-35-360	(none)	(none)	[A-Q] Clay jar sealings. Fragments of impressed with designs of fighting animals.
18408A	33-35-377	(none)	(none)	Clay jar sealings. Fragments of impressed with design of animals playing musical instrumentes.