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)
14618A	(none)	1930,1213.399	(none)	Seal impression. Linear design. (some resemblance to signs in certain details.)
14777	(none)	1930,1213.398	(none)	Seal impression. Elaborate design, with Larsa ideogram.
15018	(none)	1930,1213.397	(none)	Seal impression. Large sealing. Antelopes, man, duck.
14783	(none)	1930,1213.396	(none)	Seal impression. Large v . perfect sealing with leaf pattern(?)
10444C	(none)	1928,1010.834	(none)	Gold Impressions from cylinder seals (3) Very thin gold foil which has been pressed into seals so as to take the engraving. Found near box.
10444B	(none)	1928,1010.833	(none)	[A-C] Gold Impressions from Cylinder seals 3 Very thin gold foil which has been pressed into seals so as to take the engraving
11684	(none)	1928,1010.832	(none)	Seal Impressions. Fragment of circular clay with impression of very well drawn bull with head in position. Inscription of Scribe of Sargons daughter. Other side-impression of another OX.
11690	(none)	1928,1010.831, 19281010.83	(none)	Seal Impression. Bull (?)-Man embracing gazelle? Bird (small) holding the gazelle? Horned ? -man holding the bird. In front of Horned (?) man Scorpion, behind him, serpent. Illegible? fragment of Inscription.
13005	(none)	1928,1010.830	(none)	Seal impression. Square. Figure holding the uri-staff.
12553	(none)	1928,1010.829	(none)	Seal impression. Pattern of beasts and stars?
12544	(none)	1928,1010.827	(none)	Seal impression. Line of dancers (?). Naked.
12550	(none)	1928,1010.826	(none)	Seal impression. From large cylinder. Man, beast, and rosette.
12778C.2	(none)	1928,1010.784	(none)	Group of objects: from PG/NW level; found between levels -760 and -800 below the planoconvex brick pavement (A) Clay animal figurine. (B) [.1-.6] Fragment of long clay beads imitating shell. (C) [.1-.9] A number of clay jar-sealing with seal impressions, all of one type, palmette enclosed (imperfect) [reference to drawing]. (see over [Annotated] Legrain 480 (D) An oval clay object. [Annotated] Legrain 481. (see over) [Drawing of impression] (E) Tubular ball (?) bead. (F) Copper needle. (G) [.1-.13] Various examples of pottery. [H] (also animal bones). -- The design on D and C is the same [drawing of design].
12776G.1	(none)	1928,1010.745	(none)	Group of objects: (A) Small fragment of obsidian vase. (B) [.1-.6] 3 long clay bugles, imitation of beads cut from core of shell. (C) Obsidian chip. (D) Jar - stopper of mud and lime, circular, one face flat, one convex, with rough incisions on flat face, perhaps accidental. (E) [.1-.2] Fragment of terracotta figure perhaps the head of a dragon (?). [Drawing] (F) Clay object, flat, with incised holes. (G) [.1-.6] Five fragments of clay jar sealings with seal impressions : all have rows of animals in wooded or rocky country. (H) [.1-.26] Pottery fragments 1) Plum red and back decoration on light ground: 2 examples. 2) Red decoration on light ground and other fragments. Not in catalog of Vol. IV.
12771M	(none)	1928,1010.719	(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].
10444A	(none)	1928,1010.297	(none)	Gold Impressions from cylinder seals (3) Very thin gold foil which has been pressed into seals so as to take the engraving. Found near box.
3226	(none)	1927,1003.57	(none)	Seal impression on clay. Neo-Babylonian. [drawing]
67A	(none)	1923,1110.200	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
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
101	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mud seal impression. fr of. Upper part of god's figure l. with lance behind. Probably 3rd Dynasty? [drawing not to scale]
391	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Probably of jar-sealing, with seal impressions showing crosses, animals, etc. Found TTB26 see U381
573	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of jar sealing with a single seal impressed 3 times.
574	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Seal impression showing figure of worshipper being introduced and four line inscription "Azag-Nannar, the scribe, the secretary, son of Nannar-du-ul-a..., priest of Nannar."
575	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment (jar sealing?) With two seal impressions. One shows 5 line inscription the other 4 lines, broken.
576	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Seal impression with three-line inscription, standing figures either side. Seal of RU(?)-AB-KI-A-RA-? Son of Ibi-Sin, servant of AN-AN(MAR-TU). Duplicate of U.582.