The stamp seal is a common seal die, frequently carved from stone, known at least since the 6th millennium BC and probably earlier. The dies were used to impress their picture or inscription into soft
A stamp seal and its impression. The impression rotated clockwise 90 degrees probably yields a version of the Tree of Life-(see Urartian art photos).
Indus seal, (with modern impression); from ca. mid- to late-3rd millennium BC.(?)
Stamp seal of an Egyptian named: Meru-the Answerer of Horus (Brooklyn Museum)
Signaculum PRIMIT ("first")
Hacınebi Tepe is an ancient Near East archaeological site 3.5 km north of the modern town of Birecik and near the Euphrates river crossing between Apamea and Zeugma in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. The
Hacinebi
Uruk period Bevelled Rim Bowl
Uruk period sealed clay bulla