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Because the sealing was found within the fill of an Iron II pit (P.8050) cutting into the Late Bronze IIB and Iron I layers, we cannot date it by stratigraphic means and it may well belong to an immediately post-Imperial phase. It was applied against…

This is the only seal actually associated with the large deposit of discarded, impressed sealings found below the floor of the so-called Seal-house in area C East (for which see under Cat. nos. 3-4, 14). Of it, quite exceptionally, we also possess an…

large-sized fragment, on the obverse two seal-impressions: one cylinder seal rolling - Taya's seal - shows three figures within a single line frame bordered by two guilloches and hieroglyphic symbols among them in the field. The cuneiform symbols are…

Fragmentary clay sealing, placed against the neck of a vessel, although no traces of cloth cover or string are preserved on its back. The sealing was impressed with a cylinder seal, featuring two standing male figures facing at the edge of the…

Fragmentary sealing applied to a container, either a wooden box or a flat lid. The reverse of the sealing is flat and shows the negative trace of wooden slats, while along the broken section there are negative marks of the rope and knot fastening the…

Large complete sealing, on the obverse four stampings of the same stamp seal depicting an ibex looking left with a hieroglyphic inscription (Šaušga-Runtiya's seal) (1.7 diam.), together with fingerprints. The reverse show the negative impression of…

Complete hanging sealing, drop-shaped with a circular hole on the top left by the encasement of a double rope and with flattened sides. It bears five impressions of a stamp seal, one for each of the four sides and one on the base, alongside…

Nearly complete jar stopper with 6 impressions of the same stamp seal (Taya B2) (inner diam. 2.5 + frame) on the top, while on the lower part there are traces of cloth and two deep grooves and two horizontal parallel traces in relief (?).

Small sized sealing fragment. On the obverse part of a seal impression is preserved (2.1 x 1.4). The reverse presents a slightly curved shape. Possibly applied to a vessel?

Medium sized sealing fragment. On the obverse there are at least four impression of the same stamp (signet?) seal with hieroglyphic signs (1.3 x 1.8). On the reverse there are the negative traces of folds and, possibly, fabric. Along the broken…

Large sized sealing. On the obverse it presents two impressions of the the same cylinder seal with cuneiform legend on a vertical line and hieroglyphic signs among the figures. The scene is framed by a double guilloche (3.3 reconstructed height).…

Cylinder seal retrieved from the second phase of use in the Late Bronze II monumental building in the north-western sector of the acropolis mound (the other seal from the area is Cat. no. 21). It was found in the collapse layer (F.10753) over a floor…

Nearly half preserved large door sealing (several fragments restored) with seven seal impression from the same cylinder seal with tracesof gold cups ( h. 3.2, 3.7 with the cups). The scene depicting three gods standing on animals is framed by a…

Five fragments (restored) of medium-sized sealing. On the obverse it presents at least four stamp seal impressions with hieroglyphic sings. On the reverse there are three possible large rope signs.

The study of the back of these sealings reveals that three of them were originally fastened to a cylindrical wooden-peg (closing a door or a lid) with at least four laps of twisted string around it (Cat. nos. 27-29), as shown by the concave surface…

The study of the back of these sealings reveals that three of them were originally fastened to a cylindrical wooden-peg (closing a door or a lid) with at least four laps of twisted string around it (Cat. nos. 27-29), as shown by the concave surface…

Cylinder seal retrieved from the fill (F.11703) of a Hellenistic period pit (P.11704), cut into the a mudbrick wall (W.11388) of the Late Bronze II monumental building. The surface of the seal, made of calcareous stone, appears quite worn and, thus,…

Complete hanging sealing, drop-shaped, with a pierced hole on the top for the string encased into the lump of clay, from the eastern room in the Seal-house. Hanging sealings (or bulla in literature), cone-, pyramid-, drop- and cylinder-shaped, are…

Complete, perforated biconvex seal found in a debris layer above roadway L.12301 along the Seal-house, together with a cylinder seal (KH.21.O.501), thirteen bowl fragments with DEUS marks (e.g. Cat. no. 14) and a painted pithos (Cat. no. 12). The…

Cylinder seal found in the upper fill of a grave from the Hellenistic period (G.15015) in the Yunus necropolis. The grave, dug in a narrow and deep pit, had been robbed in antiquity of its rich contents (but a few of them remained, such as some…