Stamp seal

Stamp seal

The stamp seal and the cylinder seal are stone type seals, first made in the 4th millennium B.C. and probably earlier. They were made of a hard material (usually stone), and used to "impress" their "markings" (picture, inscription, etc.) into typically soft, prepared clay.

This discussion does not adddress the "authority" (i.e., authorization) of the stamp seals nor their themes (e.g., "glyptic") or topics.

At the moment, the only references are the Tell Halaf stamps from the Halafian Culture in northern Syria on the Turkish border, and the much later LMLK stamps found primarily in Lachish.

ee also

* Impression seal
* Cylinder seal
* Bulla (seal)

* For the "Stamp seal":"
** LMLK seals from Lachish, ca 700 BCE. (Also MMST, "LMLK seal" discussion.")
** Tell Halaf

References

* Garbini. "Landmarks of the World's Art, The Ancient World," by Giovanni Garbini, (McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, Toronto), General Eds, Bernard S. Myers, New York, Trewin Copplestone, London, c 1966. Numerous examples of the Cylinder seal; ( 3 ) separate Discussions (only) of "Stamp sealing". No seals, or impressions thereof.

External links

* [http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/research/renotes/fig2.jpgDetail of Stamp seal-Medium Res] ; [http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/research/renotes/rn-25txt.htm Article] mcclungmuseum.utk.edu—"Jar, and associated Stamp Seal"


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