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")
The Harappan language, also known as the Indus language, is the unknown language or languages of the Bronze Age Harappan civilization. The Harappan script is yet undeciphered; it has not even been dem
Impression of an Akkadian Empire cylinder seal with inscription: "Shu-ilishu, interpreter of the language of Meluhha"; Louvre Museum, reference AO 22310.