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)
6874A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
6950	(none)	1948,0423.429	(none)	Seal impression on clay from tablet envelope III Ur Dynasty. Worshipper introduced to sealed goddess Ishtar-Ninni. Small lion below her throne. Kneeling Gilgamesh with spouting vase Nu-ili, scribe, nu[ ].
6952	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay sealing with impression. God Martu with club in hand. Larsa Dynasty.
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.
6961	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of clay envelope with seal impression. Lud Nannar, shabu, arm of Igi-an-na-ge-zu Gimil dBabbar, libator, (is) thy servant. H.C.
7014A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
7015A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
7016A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
733	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment with 2 seal impressions. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8.
734	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment with seal impression of (Im)-gur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun servant of Lugalbanda. Duplicate 739 [likely U.739] See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8.
735	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment. Showing part of 1-figure from seal impression. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8.
736	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of seal impression. Showing custon one figure. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8.
739	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing divine figure standing before altar. 3-line inscription Imgur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun son of Lugal-banda and a second impression showing bottom of standing figures. Duplicate of 738. [Presumably U.738] Placed in IN/No. 8.
740	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay fragment with seal impressions. The 1st shows one complete standing figure and one partly broken figure, and one line of a broken inscription. The second has 3-line inscription A-als(ba?) son of En-an-na-du priest of Sin. Placed in IN/No. 8.
743	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of seal impression. Northern type, similar to and part of another impression. Placed in IN/No. 8.
745	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
745B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Card Missing
7700	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Roughly cube-shaped lump with beginning of same inscription on each face. cf. U.6360, doubtless seal of son of present Sinikisan who had same name as his grandfather Ilusu-ibisa. Date = Hammurabi. HC.3
7714	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Pyramidal lump containing part of same impression on each face. A servant of Dimtabba? HC.14.
7784	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression Shape as U.7714 Seal of Ilushu-ibisha son of Siniqishum Inscription identical with U.7700; shows also figure of worshipper. Hammurabi
7806	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression On envelope of a tablet in lot 7804 Between goddess with crescent and distaff and worshipper HC 33
7835	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression? on circular clay. Theriomarchy. edge and reverse striated.
7841	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. BA?-MA? DAM figure of Divinity? Gazelle? HC.44
7848A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 clay sealings. Figures but no inscriptions. (these are deteriorating)
7848B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 clay sealings. Figures but no inscriptions. (these are deteriorating)