View all seals in the CDLI, both seal impressions, composite seals and physical seals.
Composites Seals are derived from seal impressions, and therefore the negatives of original cylinder seals now lost.
View all Physical Seals, both stamp and cylinder shaped, in the CDLI.
View all impressions of seals in the CDLI. Whenever possible seal impressions, or sealings, have been linked to a composite seal entry as well.
Seal of Ayakala, governor of Umma
Seal of Ayakala, governor of Umma during the Third Dynasty of Ur (ca 2100-2000 BC) attested impressed on ca 1180 tablets.
Seal of Ur-Mes, fattener, attested impressed on ca. 310 tablets from Puzriš-Dagan during the Ur III period (ca 2100-2000 BC).
Two versions of the seal of Ur-Nungal, an accountant for the crown stationed at Umma. Ca. 262 tablets were impressed with the two versions, possibly re-carvings of this seal.
The seal of Bukušum is known in two versions from ca 35 impressions on Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) tablets from Isin.
Early Dynastic “City Seal” found impressed on ca 27 ancient clay objects from Ur dating to the Early Dynastic I-II Period (ca. 2900-2700 BC).
Seal of Illuratum, the daughter of Abi-maraṣ, and servant of the god Išhara. Illuratum’s seal is attested on ca 50 tablets from Sippar-Yahrurum during the Old Babylonian period (ca. 1900-1600 BC).
Seal of Nabi-ilīšu, archivist of Rim-Anum, an Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) king of Uruk, attested on ca. 35 tablets.
| Period | Seals | Impressed artifacts |
|---|---|---|
| modern | 13 | |
| Sassanian (224-641 AD) | 15 | |
| Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC) | 24 | |
| Neo-Elamite (ca. 770-539 BC) | 47 | |
| Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) | 56 | |
| Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) | 76 | |
| Pre-Writing (ca. 8500-3500 BC) | 143 | |
| Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) | 272 | |
| Achaemenid (547-331 BC) | 310 | |
| Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) | 341 |
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