updated june 2015 list of seals on papyri katelijn vandorpe · some papyri are sealed only partly....

Updated June 2015 Katelijn Vandorpe

Bibliography

• Vandorpe, K. 'Seals in and on the Papyri of Greco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt', in M.-Fr. Boussac & A. Invernizzi (eds.), Archives et Sceaux du monde hellénistique (Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, Suppl. 29), Paris 1997, p. 231-291and 11 fig.: the overview includes a brief part on red stamps.

• http://www.trismegistos.org/seals/overview_A.html

The Sealing of a Part of the Papyrus

Some papyri are sealed only partly. They belong to the so-called double documents, documents that are inscribed twice; the upper part is sealed so that the text cannot be falsified, the lower part is left open so that it can easily be consulted. This is a typically Greek practice, taken over for certain Egyptian documents.

01.Greek six-witness contracts 02.Greek notary contracts For the sake of convenience private contracts drawn up by Greek notaries are classified under the double documents, although these contracts are not really double documents: they are never written down fully in duplicate as are common double documents, but only a short summary is scribbled down and sealed to the left of the original contract. It was doubtless an official declaration by the notary that the transaction has been registered; the summary is an excerpt from his register. The notary's certificate was sealed with only one clay seal, with just one impression. The following list contains notary contracts from Thebes and from Krokodilopolis and Pathyris.

03.Greek Receipts Several receipts from Philadelpheia, drawn up ca. 250 B.C., have come down to us with their seals. They all belong to the well-known archive of Zenon. In the cases where Egyptians are involved, the receipt was often not only written twice in Greek, but also once in demotic. The upper Greek version was considered the scriptura interior and, therefore, sealed. There are also some bank receipts on which seals have been preserved, originating from the Fayum, from Thebes and from Memphis.

04.Other Greek double documents

List of seals on papyri

Lorem Ipsum 05.Demotic double documents The practice of writing a document twice and sealing the scriptura interior was typically Greek. The Egyptians, however, had taken over this practice for some of their contracts, especially for oaths and acknowledgements of debts. On the latter type, a few seals have been preserved.

06.Roman double documents In Roman times double documents are rare and are certainly not a continuation of the Ptolemaic double documents. There are the diptycha, two wax tablets, on the first of which the scriptura interior was written, protected by the second tablet. On the upper part of the latter, the scriptura exterior and the signatures of the seven witnesses, who sealed the diptychon, were recorded. This system was adapted for papyrus: the papyrus was folded, with the scriptura interior inside, and sealed. The outside of the papyrus holds the scriptura exterior, as well as the signatures of usually seven witnesses and their seals. These documents are called diplomata.

The Sealing of the entire Papyrus

Comparatively many seals have survived on double documents, for the good reason that they were never loosened. The seal remained in its original place until it was discovered in the 19th or 20th century. This is not the case when the whole document was sealed, as happened with letters or wills, because they were opened once in the past and in most cases the seals are lost.

07.Letter

Clay seals on Greek and demotic letters are attested for the Ptolemaic period, no longer for the Roman period. In Roman times, a new practice emerged: on the spot where a seal is expected, in the middle of the address, a saltire pattern or cross is found, drawn in ink. The ink pattern becomes more elaborated in Late Antiquity.

08.Roman will 09.Other documents entirely sealed

Untersiegelung

'Untersiegeln' is opposed to 'Versiegeln': in case of 'Versiegeln' the seal closes the entire papyrus or part of it, whereas in case of 'Untersiegeln', a seal is put under a text in order to authenticate it; usually orders for arrest and custom house receipts are involved.

10.Documents with Untersiegelung

-Type of document sealed

1245Seal id BASP 50 (2013), p. 193-196 no. 2 Clay/mud

918 – 919 AD White Monastery (Deir el-Abiad)Place (ancient) papyrus

private contract with clay seal: "Le bas dus document avait été plié cinq fois sur lui-même et scellé au moyend’un sceau en argile, attaché avec une fine bandelette de papyru qui traversait le document. L’estampille n’estplus visible."

Ed.Photograph


1202Seal id Metropolitan Museum of Art inv. 10.130.1563 (ined.) Clay/mud

c. 250 BC MemphisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal: Egyptian device (hieroglyphs; seal of high priest of Memphis).

Photograph


1253Seal id P. BM 10444 ined. Clay/mud

118-117 BC EgyptPlace (ancient) papyrus

demotic text. Thompson's MS Catalogue: "a fragment with clay seal attached. recto. 4 ll. verso. blank.Contents. Probably the endorsement of a contract. Date.

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1254Seal id P. BM 10445 ined.

EgyptPlace (ancient) papyrus

Demotic text: 4 ll. on recto, 2 ll. and a clay seal on verso. Thompson's MS Catalogue: "recto. names of fourwitnesses to a document (lost). verso. address.

Photograph


1217Seal id SB 24 16201, see Scholl in Fs Winter p. 235 Clay/mud

400-425 AD Place (ancient) papyrus

Loose seal. The seal most probably originates from Egypt. The verso has clear traces of papyrus fibres and theclay has been examined (Ton, der Graniteinsprengsel enthält). The inscription contains: The name of theowner Apollophanes and the christian invocation Ι(ησοῦς) Χρ(ιστὸς) Β(οήθι) ( Β(οήθι) = the number 99 =Amèn)

Ed. pr., pl 12 (seal and verso of the seal)Photograph

01.Greek sixwitness contract (part of papyrus sealed)Type of document sealed

827Seal id BGU 10 1957 seal a Clay/mud

177 BC Arsinoite NomePlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a lost

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828Seal id BGU 10 1957 seal b Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b lost

Photograph


829Seal id BGU 10 1957 seal c Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c lost

Photograph


831Seal id P. Bad. 2 2 seal a + BL XI Clay/mud

130 BC HermonthisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a. Seals found attached to the papyrus, two or three of the seals arenow lost (There is one seal preserved in the Heidelberg collection which may be identical with seal a. It hasonly one impression; see plate).

Seider 1967-1990, I no. 15, pl. 9; Vandorpe 1997, pl. 46, fig 8Photograph



832Seal id P. Bad. II 2 seal b + BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b. Seals found attached to the papyrus, two or three of the seals arenow lost (There is one seal preserved in the Heidelberg collection which may be identical with seal a. It hasonly one impression; see plate).



833Seal id P. Bad. II 2 seal c + BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c. Seals found attached to the papyrus, two or three of the seals arenow lost (There is one seal preserved in the Heidelberg collection which may be identical with seal a. It hasonly one impression; see plate).



817Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59003 seal a + BL IX; BL X; BL XI Clay/mud

259 BC BirtaPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a: head of Herakles.

ph. pap. Seider 1967-1990, III.1 189Photograph



818Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59003 seal b + BL IX; BL X; BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b: upper part of winged goddess with left hand raised, holdingsceptre.



819Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59003 seal c + BL IX; BL X; BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c: device unknown



820Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59003 seal d + BL IX; BL X; BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal lost




821Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59003 seal e + BL IX; BL X; BL XI Clay/mud





822Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59003 seal f + BL IX; BL X; BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal lost.



815Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 2 59182 seal b Clay/mud

255 BC PhiladelpheiaPlace (ancient) papyrus


Photograph



814Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 2 59182 seal a, 3 impressions Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a: three fragmentary seal impressions: devices unknown.

Photograph


816Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 2 59182 seal c Clay/mud



Photograph


782Seal id P. Eleph. 1 seal a impression 1 = P. Eleph. in English D2 + BLIX; BL XI

Clay/mud

311/310 BC ElephantinePlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 1: "Eros den Bogen abschießend"

ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 1; B. Porten u.a., The Elephantine Papyri, Pl. 6 und (Z.Photograph




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 2: "Weiblicher Kopf ... Mit Halsband und Ohrringgeschmückt"



784Seal id P. Eleph. 1 seal b impression 1= P. Eleph. in English D2 + BLIX; BL XI

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 1: "Herakles, nackt, ... Löwenfell, dessen Kopfhaut erüber sein Haupt gezogen hat"

ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 3; B. Porten u.a., The Elephantine Papyri, Pl. 6 und (Z. 1-15,Photograph


785Seal id P. Eleph. 1 seal b impression 2 = P. Eleph. in English D2 + BLIX; BL XI

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 2: "Schild aufgehängt an einer Schlaufe. AlsSchildzeichen dient ein Helmbusch, der auf einer ... jonischen Säule sitzt"




786Seal id P. Eleph. 1 seal c (lost) = P. Eleph. in English D2 + BL IX; BLXI

Clay/mud



B. Porten u.a., The Elephantine Papyri, Pl. 6 und (Z. 1-15, Ausschnit): Scrittura e Civilità 20Photograph



Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 2: "Frau im Chiton" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 15].

ph. ed. pr. pl. 1& 2, no. 15; Vandorpe 1997 pl. 45, fig. 1; B. Porten u.a., The ElephantinePhotograph



Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 3: "Stehender Adler" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 16].





Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 1: "Weibliche Maske mit Melonenfrisur" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1& 2, no. 9].




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 1: "Kopf von vorn gesehen ... ? Alexanderporträt ... ?Apollokopf" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 14].




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 2: "Thoth als sitzender Affe mit dem Mond auf demHaupt" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 10].





Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 3: "Artemis in gegürtetem Chiton, der die rechte Brustfrei läßt, der Köcher auf dem Rücken, mit beiden Händen eine Fackel haltend" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 11].On seal b the same seal with the representation of Artemis was used twice: by the heir Herakleides and hisbrother Bakchios.




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 4: "Artemis in gegürtetem Chiton, der die rechte Brustfrei läßt, der Köcher auf dem Rücken, mit beiden Händen eine Fackel haltend" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 12].On seal b the same seal with the representation of Artemis was used twice: by the heir Herakleides and hisbrother Bakchios.



794Seal id P. Eleph. 2 seal c impression 1 = P. Eleph. in English D3 + BLIX; BL XI

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c impression 1: "Weibliches Köpfchen mit ‘Melonenfrisur’" [ph. ed. pr.pl. 1 & 2, no. 5].

ph. ed. pr. pl. 1& 2, no. 5; Vandorpe 1997 pl. 45, fig. 1; B. Porten u.a., ThePhotograph




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c impression 2: "Ein Mann ... Wohl Herakles" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2,no. 6].




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c impression 3: "Ein Mann ..., in der rechten Hand einen Krug (?), aufdem linken Arm ein Gewand tragend ... ? der trunkene Herakles" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 7].




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c impression 4: "Herme ... weiblich" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 8].




798Seal id P. Eleph. 3 seal a impression 1 = P. Eleph. in English D5 + BLIX

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 1: "Pferdekopf" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 17] .

ph. ed. pr. pl. 1& 2, no. 17Photograph



Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 2: "Jünglingsfigur ... streckt den allein sichtbaren linkenArm nach links aus... ? Apollo" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 18].




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 3: "... aus einer Schale trinkenden Satyrs" [ph. ed. pr.pl. 1 & 2, no. 19].




801Seal id P. Eleph. 3 seal b impression 1= P. Eleph. in English D5 + BLIX

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 1: "Behelmter bärtiger Kopf" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 20].



802Seal id P. Eleph. 3 seal b impression 2 = P. Eleph. in English D5 + BLIX

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 2: "... männlicher Kopf" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 1 & 2, no. 21].




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 3: device unknown

ph. ed. pr. pl. 1Photograph




Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 4: device unknown

ph. ed. pr. pl. 1Photograph


805Seal id P. Eleph. 4 seal a impression 1 = P. Eleph. in English D4 + BLIX; BL X

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 1: "Hund, der den Kopf umwendet" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 2,no. 22].

ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 22Photograph



Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 2: "Jünglingskopf" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 23].





Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a impression 3: "Mädchenköpfchen ... ‘Melonenfrisur’" [ph. ed. pr. pl.2, no. 24].



808Seal id P. Eleph. 4 seal b impression 1= P. Eleph. in English D4 + BLIX; BL X

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 1: "Maske eines bärtigen Alten" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no.25].



809Seal id P. Eleph. 4 seal b impression 2 = P. Eleph. in English D4 + BLIX; BL X

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b impression 2: "Frau mit Zopf ... erhebt mit der rechten Hand ... eineSchale" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 26].




810Seal id P. Eleph. 4 seal b impression 3 = P. Eleph. in English D4 + BLIX; BL X

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek six-witness-contract: seal b impression 3: "Männlicher Kopf ... Vielleicht der jugendlichePtolemaios II" [ph. ed. pl. 2, no. 27].



811Seal id P. Eleph. 4 seal c impression 1= P. Eleph. in English D4 + BLIX; BL X

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c impression 1: "Sitzende Frau mit nacktem Oberkörper" [ph. ed. pr.pl. 2, no. 28].



812Seal id P. Eleph. 4 seal c impression 2 = P. Eleph. in English D4 + BLIX; BL X

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c impression 2: "Geflügeltes Gorgoneion" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 29].




813Seal id P. Eleph. 4 seal c impression 3 = P. Eleph. in English D4 + BLIX; BL X

Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c impression 3: "Dionysoskopf mit Kranz von Efeublättern undKorymben" [ph. ed. pr. pl. 2, no. 30].



824Seal id P. Hamb. 2 189 seal a + BGU 10 1958 + BL IX Clay/mud

215 BC OxyrhynchosPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a (traces).

Photograph


825Seal id P. Hamb. 2 189 seal b + BGU 10 1958 + BL IX Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b lost.

Photograph



826Seal id P. Hamb. 2 189 seal c + BGU 10 1958 + BL IX Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: Seal c lost.

Photograph


823Seal id P. Mich. 1 66 seals Clay/mud

254 BC Place (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seals are lost. The names of the two parties and the six witnesses arepreserved on the verso (in the genitive).

Photograph


862Seal id P. Tebt. 1 104 seal a Clay/mud

103/92 BC TebtynisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a. device unknown.

Photograph



863Seal id P. Tebt. 1 104 seal b Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b. device unknown.

Photograph





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834Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22 13 seal a Clay/mud

113-105 BC AkorisPlace (ancient) papyrus


ph. ed. pap. 16,17,28,29 or 30Photograph


835Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22 13 seal b Clay/mud






836Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22 13 seal c Clay/mud





837Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22 14 seal a + BL XI Clay/mud



ph. ed. pap. 16,17,28,29 or 30; R° Photo: Scrittura e Civilità 20 (1996) nach S. 88, Tav. I.Photograph


838Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22 14 seal b + BL XI Clay/mud






839Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22 14 seal c + BL XI Clay/mud






















107 BC AkorisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a. Device unknown.

ph. ed. pl. 23 & 29Photograph




Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b. Device unknown. Partly preserved.






Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal c lost.





















Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a (the seal is now lost): Isis and Sarapis (same device as Vandorpe1997 no. 15a+b = Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22 17).

ph. ed. pl. 29Photograph




Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a is lost














855Seal id Pap.Lugd.Bat. 22 17 seal a + BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a. Isis and Sarapis (same device as Vandorpe 1997 no. 17 = Pap.Lugd. Bat. 22 20)

ed. pl. 29; Vandorpe 1997, pl. 46, fig. 7Photograph



856Seal id Pap.Lugd.Bat. 22 17 seal b + BL XI Clay/mud


Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b. Isis and Sarapis (same device as Vandorpe 1997 no. 17 = Pap.Lugd. Bat. 22 20)

ed. pl. 29; Vandorpe 1997, pl. 46, fig. 7Photograph


857Seal id Pap.Lugd.Bat. 22 17 seal c + BL XI Clay/mud



Photograph


830Seal id SB 24 16054 = CdE 71 (1996), p. 297 Clay/mud

145 BC TebtynisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seals are lost. The names of two witnesses are preserved on the verso (inthe genitive).

ph. pap. ed.Photograph



872Seal id SB 5 7532, see Youtie 1981, 81 and n. 11, seal a Clay/mud

74 BC NeilopolisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a. No device.

Photograph


1215Seal id SB 6 9405 Clay/mud

75 BC Kome EikosipentarouronPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals a and b, with names of sealers

Photograph


870Seal id UPZ 1 125, see Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22, 178, n. 7, seal a Clay/mud

89 BC MemphisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a is now lost: device unknown; the seal had probably three imprints.

Photograph



871Seal id UPZ 1 125, see Pap. Lugd. Bat. 22, 178, n. 7, seal b Clay/mud

89 BC MemphisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal b is now lost: device unknown; the seal had probably three imprints.

Photograph

02.Greek notary contract (part of papyrus sealed)Type of document sealed

894Seal id BGU 3 999 Clay/mud

99BC PathyrisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek notary contract: Sarapis and Isis

Photograph


887Seal id P. Adl. 12 Clay/mud

101 BC PathyrisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek notary contract: profile of a man, with horn and diadem (probably Alexander) (same asVandorpe 1997 No. 36 = P. Lond. 3 1207).

Photograph




100BC KrokodilopolisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek notary contract: device unknown.





Seal on Greek notary contract: head to right, with horn and diadem (probably Alexander).






Photograph




108 BC KrokodilopolisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek notary contract: profile of a female head.

Photograph




Seal on Greek notary contract: device unknown, see commentary ad P. Adl. 3

Photograph


889Seal id P. Köln 1 50 Clay/mud


Seal on Greek notary contract: head with diadem (probably Alexander).




890Seal id P. Lips. 2 Clay/mud



Photograph


882Seal id P. Lond. 3 1204 Clay/mud


Seal on Greek notary contract: female face, to left.





Seal on Greek notary contract: no device (see Pestman 1985, 27 no. 98a, 35).






Seal on Greek notary contract: head to right, with horn and diadem (probably Alexander) (same as Vandorpe1997 No. 32 = P. Adl. 12).





Seal on Greek notary contract: head to right, with head covering or crown (same as Vandorpe 1997 No. 38 =P. Stras. 2 89).




89BC 1Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek notary contract: a three-quarter or full length figure facing to the right, towards an object(flower?).






Seal on Greek notary contract: no device (see Pestman 1985, 25 (no. 36) and 35).

ph. pap. JEA, 55 (1969), 129-160, pl. 30Photograph


876Seal id P. Stras. 2 81 Clay/mud

115 BC ThebesPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek notary contract: no device (seal has been pressed with fingertips).

Photograph




Seal on Greek notary contract: was partly preserved, now lost: "Kopfhinterteil, Haarflechten, Locken,Kopfschmuck od. dgl.".

Photograph





Seal on Greek notary contract: head to right, with head covering or crown (same as Vandorpe 1997 No. 42 =P. Lond. 3 1208).

Photograph


874Seal id PSI 9 1016 Clay/mud


Seal on Greek notary contract: probably no device.

Photograph




Seal on Greek notary contract: male head, bearded, with head covering (same as Vandorpe 1997 No. 24 and25 = PSI 9 1022 + UPZ 2 181).

Photograph





Seal on Greek notary contract: impression upside down with respect to the Greek text: male head, bearded,with head covering (same as Vandorpe 1997 No. 23 and 25 = PSI 9 1018 + UPZ 2 181)

ph. Pestman 1993, 327; Vandorpe 1997, pl. 45, fig. 2Photograph


873Seal id SB 5 7532, see Youtie 1981, 81 and n. 11, seal a Clay/mud

74 BC NeilopolisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Greek sixwitness-contract: seal a: No device.

Photograph


879Seal id UPZ 2 18, see Pestman 1993, 62 Clay/mud


Seal on Greek notary contract: male head, bearded, with head covering (same as Vandorpe 1997 No. 23 and24 = PSI 9 1018 + PSI 9 1022)

ph. Pestman 1993, 326Photograph


03.Greek Receipt (part of papyrus sealed)Type of document sealed

1219Seal id BGU 2 463, see also Nachtergael, in Ricerche di Egittologia edi Antichità Copte 3 (2001) p. 89-92

Clay/mud

148 AD Soknopaiu NesosPlace (ancient) papyrus

clay seal: "Le sceau d'argile apposé sur la quittance B.G.U. II, 463 (Socnopaiou Nèsos, 148 p.C.) reproduit lebuste d'Harpocrate que représente une cornaline de l'Ägyptisches Museum de Berlin (Inv. 9765)"

Photograph


911Seal id P. Col. Zen. 1 24 Clay/mud

256BC PhiladelpheiaPlace (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal: a ram's head?

Photograph


908Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59117 Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): with human figure.

ph. pap. P. Cair. Zen. I, pl. 22Photograph





seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal: animal (panther?).

ph. pap. P. Cair. Zen. I, pl. 22Photograph


923Seal id P. Haun. 1 11 + BL X Clay/mud

158 BC Thebes (bank)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal: male head of king with diadem, without loop, hooked nose,projecting chin (Alexander or Ptolemaios I ?).

ph. ed. pl. 3 and 8Photograph


914Seal id P. Hawara Gr. OI 7c seal a Clay/mud

245BC Fayum: Krokoldilopolis (Bank)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal a: no device (the scriptura interior was found tied en sealed).

Ph. ed. pl. 4Photograph



915Seal id P. Hawara Gr. OI 7c seal b Clay/mud

245BC Fayum: Krokoldilopolis (Bank)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal b: no device (the scriptura interior was found tied en sealed).

Ph. ed. pl. 4Photograph




seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal: no device.

Photograph


899Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 1 seal a (= P. Cair. Zen. 1 59094) + BL IX Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal a: object resembling a palmette.

ph. pap. Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX, pl. 1; P. Cair. Zen. I, pl. 22; J.L. Van der Gouw, Oud schrift inPhotograph



900Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 1 seal b (= P. Cair. Zen. 1 59094) + BL IX Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal b: a pointed curving object.



901Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 1 seal c (= P. Cair. Zen. I 59094) + BL IX Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in Demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal c (broken): bearded head.



907Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 11 (= P. Cair. Zen. I 59111) Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in Demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal: female figure looking to right.

ph. pap. Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX, pl. 11; P. Cair. Zen. I, pl. 22Photograph



902Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 3 seal a (= PSI IV 336) Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in Demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). seal a: device unknown.

ph. pap. P. Lugd.-Bat. XX, pl. 3Photograph


903Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 3 seal b (= PSI IV 336) Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in Demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal b: device unknown.



904Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 3 seal c (= PSI IV 336) Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in Demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal c: device unknown.




905Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 4 (= P. Mich. Zen. 25) Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal: The god Ptah squatting to left on a basket; above his knees an indistinct cartouche,perhaps Men-kheper-Re.

Photograph


906Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 6 (= P. Col. Zen. I 26) Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in Demotic (one Greekversion is sealed). Seal (three-quarters of the clay seal remain): device unknown.

ph. pap. Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX, pl. 7Photograph


912Seal id Pap.Lugd.Bat. 20 12 (= P. Col. Zen. 1 40 = scr. interior + P.Cair. Zen. 4 59670 = scr. exterior)

Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): receipt written thrice: twice in Greek, once in demotic (scr.interior, which is sealed = one Greek version + Demotic version). Seal (partly preserved): device unknown.

Photograph




249/248 BC PhiladelpheiaPlace (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal: device unknown.

ph. pap. M. Norsa, Papiri greci delle collezioni italiane. Scritture documentarie dal III secoloPhotograph


918Seal id SB 16 12342 seal a (cf. BICS 29 (1982), 14) Clay/mud

239BC Fayum: Krokodilopolis (bank)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal a: no device.

ph. pap. BICS pl. 1Photograph


919Seal id SB 16 12342 seal b (cf. BICS 29 (1982), 14) Clay/mud

239BC Fayum: Krokodilopolis (bank)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal b: no device.




920Seal id SB 16 12344 seal a (cf. BICS, 29 (1982), 15) Clay/mud

236BC Hawara (office of the tax collector)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal a: profile of a human head.



921Seal id SB 16 12344 seal b (cf. BICS, 29 (1982), 15) Clay/mud

236BC Hawara (office of the tax collector)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal b: The Egyptian sign for life (ʿnḫ-sign)



922Seal id SB 18 13314 (cf. BICS 32 (1985), 45-46) Clay/mud

235? BC Hawara (office of the tax collector)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal: "It shows a male profile facing right and is purely Greek instyle (...) the seal is perfectly preserved but the imprint is incomplete and most of the hair and the chin andneck cannot been seen. It would be a reasonable assumption that the portrait on the seal was of the reigningmonarch. The absence of a diadem may be due to the incomplete imprint (...) The shape of the forehead, thevery large and protruding eyes, the pointed nose and the small and slightly receding chin all point toEuergetes rather than Philadelphus (...)."

ph. seal BICS pl. 3Photograph



930Seal id Staatl. Mus. Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum p. 126 no. 1128descr. seal a

Clay/mud

II-I BC (?93 BC) FayumPlace (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal a: device unknown; the scriptura interior is still sealed.

Ph. Ägyptisches Museum Berlin no. 1128Photograph


931Seal id Staatl. Mus. Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum p. 126 no. 1128descr. seal b

Clay/mud

II-I BC (?93 BC) FayumPlace (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal b: device unknown; the scriptura interior is still sealed.

Ph. Ägyptisches Museum Berlin no. 1128Photograph


924Seal id UPZ 1 114.1 seal a + BL IX + BL XI Clay/mud

150/148 BC Memphis (bank)Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal a: Athena Parthenos, with helmet (identification tby M.-Fr.Boussac)

ph. Stud. Pal. XIV, pl. 2; Vandorpe 1997 pl. 45, fig. 4Photograph



925Seal id UPZ 1 114.1 seal b + BL IX + BL XI Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): Seal b: Apollo (identification by M.-Fr. Boussac; see also Boussac,Sceaux de Délos (1992), pl. 34 Ap 589-675.)

ph. Stud. Pal. XIV, pl. 2; Vandorpe 1997 pl. 45, fig. 3Photograph


926Seal id UPZ 1 114.1 seal c + BL IX + BL XI Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal c: device unknown

ph. Stud. Pal. XIV, pl. 2Photograph


927Seal id UPZ 1 114.2 seal a Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal a: traces

Photograph



928Seal id UPZ 1 114.2 seal b Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal b: Apollo (same as Vandorpe 1997 No. 57 seal b, from thesame person)

ph. Stud. Pal. XIV, pl. 3Photograph


929Seal id UPZ 1 114.2 seal c Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (receipt): seal c: traces

Photograph

04.other Greek double document (part of papyrus sealed)Type of document sealed

935Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59133 seal a Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (royal oath): seal a: device unknown

Photograph



936Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59133 seal b Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (royal oath): seal b: device unknown

Photograph


941Seal id P. Cairo 2 31225 Clay/mud

231-229 BC TebtynisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on a Demotic double document (acknowledgement of debt): device unknown





seal on a Greek double document (Order for payment): Egyptian figures: mummified figure, cartouche,goddess Maat?

Photograph



938Seal id P. Eleph. 23 Clay/mud

223/222BC Apollonopolis (Elephantine)Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on a Greek double document (royal oath): Isis and Sarapis

ph. ed. pl. 2, no. 32Photograph


937Seal id P. Lond. 7 1980 + 1981 Clay/mud

254 BC AmmoniasPlace (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document: device unknown or no device

Photograph


932Seal id P. Mich. Zen. 34 Clay/mud


seal on a Greek double document (petition): no device

Photograph




254BC ? PhiladelpheiaPlace (ancient) papyrus

seal on a Greek double document (Order for payment): no device

Photograph


939Seal id WZKM 25 (1911), p. 312-314 no. 1 descr. Clay/mud

281-280 BC ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on a Demotic double document (acknowledgement of debt): uraeus serpent.

Photograph


940Seal id ZÄS 54 (1918), p. 112 no. 1 Clay/mud

268 BC ? ?Place (ancient) papyrus




05.Demotic double document (part of papyrus sealed)Type of document sealed

1250Seal id JEA 72 (1986), p. 161-162 Clay/mud

190 BC Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found &Place (ancient) papyrus

Clay-seal on a demotic lease: parts of four stamps from the same intaglio gem, with a female head to right,her hair drawn back into a bun. An impression from the papyrus is on the back of it. Brown Nile mud, unfired,attached to a narrow binding strip of papyrus. Seal removed (so that the papyrus could be placed betweenglass).

Photograph



EgyptPlace (ancient) papyrus

double document, with the scriptura interior still folded and sealed. The first line of the 'scriptura exterior'begins with a date of regnal-year 20.

Photograph


944Seal id P. BM dem. Andrews 19 Clay/mud

199BC ThebesPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on a Demotic double document (acknowledgement of debt):Egyptian device

ph. ed. pl. 46; Quirke & Spencer 1992, 122Photograph



942Seal id P. Cairo 2 31227 Clay/mud

224 BC TebtynisPlace (ancient) papyrus




943Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 17 12 Clay/mud

201BC Thebes-KoptosPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on a Demotic double document (acknowledgement of debt): no device

ph. ed. pl. 6-7; ZÄS 54 (1918), pl. 4Photograph

06.Roman double document (part of papyrus sealed)Type of document sealed

952Seal id BGU 11 2061 ?seal h + BLXI Clay/mud

207-208AD AlexandreiaPlace (ancient) papyrus

7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, ?seal h: deviceunknown

Photograph



945Seal id BGU 11 2061 seal a + BLXI Clay/mud


7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, seal a: deviceunknown

Photograph


946Seal id BGU 11 2061 seal b + BLXI Clay/mud


7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, seal b: deviceunknown

Photograph


947Seal id BGU 11 2061 seal c + BLXI Clay/mud


7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, seal c: deviceunknown

Photograph



948Seal id BGU 11 2061 seal d + BLXI Clay/mud


7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, seal d: deviceunknown

Photograph


949Seal id BGU 11 2061 seal e + BLXI Clay/mud


7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, seal e: deviceunknown

Photograph


950Seal id BGU 11 2061 seal f + BLXI Clay/mud


7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, seal f: deviceunknown

Photograph



951Seal id BGU 11 2061 seal g + BLXI Clay/mud


7 (and probably not 8) small seals, closing the scriptura interior og a Roman double document, seal g: deviceunknown

Photograph


1244Seal id ChLA 3 200 = P. Lond. 2 p. XXI-XXII no. 229 descr.

166 AD Fayum (found), Syria (written)Place (ancient) papyrus

7 seals on Roman double document: Deed of sale of a slave boy in Latin. Signed by the parties and witnesses.The rolled portion at the top is secured by the witness seals (7 in all). This has never been opened.

Photograph


953Seal id P. Dura 18 seal a Clay/mud

87 AD ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seals on Roman double document, parchment; "5 seals found with document, figural designs of Greekworkmanship (5 clay seals from DPg 21, gray clay, mounted on a ceramic plate, (5) 13 x 6 mm, faint inktraces)"

ph. ed. P.Dura, p. 99, pl. xxix, 2Photograph



954Seal id P. Dura 18 seal b Clay/mud

87AD ?Place (ancient) papyrus




955Seal id P. Dura 18 seal c Clay/mud





956Seal id P. Dura 18 seal d Clay/mud






957Seal id P. Dura 18 seal e Clay/mud





958Seal id P. Dura 44 seal a Clay/mud

IInd century AD ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Fragmentary red clay seals and pieces on Roman double document, 1 still attached to papyrus, severalcrushed entirely; "one impression can be described: a slender and probably naked figure striding to the rightwith arms extended at shoulder height, either both to the front, or one to the front and one to the rear; therest is not clear enough"

Photograph


959Seal id P. Dura 44 seal b Clay/mud

IIIrd century AD ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Roman double document, "found with 4 clay sealings, 1 with figural design".

Photograph



960Seal id P. Dura 44 seal c Clay/mud



Photograph


961Seal id P. Dura 44 seal d Clay/mud



Photograph

07.Letter (entire papyrus sealed)Type of document sealed

997Seal id FuB 14 (1972), p. 86-87 no. A Clay/mud

II-I BC HermopolisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seals on 7 demotic oracle letters, all of the same day, 1 seal on each letter: device on 3 seals: "einʿnḫ-Zeichen und ein senkrechtes an die nẖb -Pflanze erinnerndes Zeichen" [pl. 9).

Ed.Photograph



976Seal id P. Bad. 4 47 + BL IX + BL X Clay/mud

127 BC QararaPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal (now probably lost) on official letter: "Kopf mit breitem Haarband, dessen 2 Enden links herunterhängen".

Photograph


980Seal id P. Bingen p. 194 [Louvre 10596] descr. Clay/mud

II BC PathyrisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Demotic letter: no device (only fingerprint)

Vandorpe 1997, pl. 45 fig. 5Photograph


965Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59027 + BL IX Clay/mud

258 BC ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek business letter: Athena Promachos, with shield and spear (found loose inside the letter).

ph. ed. pl. 9; Nd. C. Ptol. Sklav., Nr. 115. Zur Pal. vgl. R. Seider, Pal. 3.1, S. 174-175 mitPhotograph



966Seal id P. Cair. Zen. 1 59057 + BL IX Clay/mud


Seal on Greek business letter: the letter was tied up and fastened with a small lump of clay, not the originalseal




III BC ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek business letter (the letter was still sealed): human bust to front.

Photograph


975Seal id P. Col. 2 122 Clay/mud


Seal on official letter: "Beautiful seal representing a male head, perhaps Lysimachos (high financial official)himself".

Photograph



979Seal id P. Genova 1 33 = SB 10 10465 Clay/mud

VI AD ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek letter: device unknown

Photograph




Seal on Greek business letter: now disintegrated, no device.

Photograph


970Seal id P. Lond. 7 1937 + BL X Clay/mud


Seal on Greek business letter: fragmentary, device unknown.

G. Messeri Savorelli-R. Pintaudi, Mostra Zenon, S. 42 mit Photo des P. Lond. 7.1937 aufPhotograph



971Seal id P. Lond. 7 1946 + BL XI Clay/mud


Seal on Greek business letter: fragments remain, device unknown.

J.M.S. Cowey in Mousopolos Stephanos, S. 201-209.Photograph




Seal on Greek business letter: youthful male head, resembling the seal Vandorpe 1997 No. 8a.

Photograph




Seal on Greek business letter: probably no device.

Photograph





Seal on business letter: device unknown.

Photograph




Seal on official letter: device unknown

Photograph



III BC ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Greek business letter: device unknown

Photograph



972Seal id Pap. Lugd. Bat. 20 25 (= P. Col. Zen. 1 14) + BL IX Clay/mud


Seal on business letter from the chancellery of the dioiketes: traces of elliptical seal, device unknown.

Photograph


991Seal id PERF 10 Clay/mud

VIII-IX AD ?Place (ancient) papyrus

One of twelve Coptic and Arabic papyrus letters with clay seals, see PERF, p. 4.

Photograph





Photograph






Photograph





Photograph





Photograph






Photograph


977Seal id SB 18 13226 (see AfP, 5 (1913), 384, no. 76) Clay/mud

I BC ?Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on Greek letter: device unknown

Photograph


978Seal id SB 6 9467 Clay/mud

261 AD ?Place (ancient) papyrus

seal on Greek letter: device unknown

Photograph



981Seal id Vandorpe 1997, p. 268 no. 89 descr. Clay/mud

?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Demotic letter: Egyptian device

Photograph




Seal on Demotic letter: Hellenistic device

Photograph




Seal on Demotic letter: no device

Photograph




? Soknopaiu NesosPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal on Demotic letter: device unknown

Photograph

09.Other documents entirely sealedType of document sealed

1003Seal id FuB 14 (1972), p. 85 [1] descr. Clay/mud


Seals on 7 demotic oracle letters, all of the same day, 1 seal on each letter: device on 4 remaining seals:device unknown; probably "einʿnḫ-Zeichen und ein senkrechtes an die nẖb -Pflanze erinnerndes Zeichen" [pl.9).

Ed.Photograph


1002Seal id FuB 14 (1972), p. 85 [2] descr. Clay/mud



Ed.Photograph



1001Seal id FuB 14 (1972), p. 85 descr. Clay/mud



Ed.Photograph


998Seal id FuB 14 (1972), p. 87 no. B Clay/mud



Ed.Photograph


999Seal id FuB 14 (1972), p. 87-88 no. C Clay/mud



Ed.Photograph



1000Seal id FuB 14 (1972), p. 88 no. D Clay/mud



Ed.Photograph


1005Seal id ined. (see D. Valbelle & G. Husson, Les questions oraculairesd'Égypte: histoire de la recherche, nouveautés etperspectives,in W. Clarysse e.a.(edd.), Egyptian Religion. The

Clay/mud

TebtynisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Clay seals on a two Greek oracle letters. The oracle letters were found rolled up and sealed

Photograph


1006Seal id ined. (see D. Valbelle & G. Husson, Les questions oraculairesd'Égypte: histoire de la recherche, nouveautés etperspectives,in W. Clarysse e.a.(edd.), Egyptian Religion. The

Clay/mud

TebtynisPlace (ancient) papyrus

Clay seals on a two Greek oracle letters. The oracle letters were found rolled up and sealed

Photograph



1015Seal id P. Assoc. p. 103-131 no. Berl. 3115 A-E seal a (see Pestman1993, 61)

Clay/mud

109-106 BC ThebesPlace (ancient) papyrus

Seal a: inscription "The royal scribe Amenothes". Seal of the cult guild of choachytai-priests, a kind of funerarypriests. Attached to a regulation of a cult guild

Photograph


1016Seal id P. Assoc. p. 103-131 no. Berl. 3115 A-E seal b (see Pestman1993, 61)

Clay/mud


Seal b: inscription "The royal scribe Amenothes". Seal of the cult guild of choachytai-priests, a kind of funerarypriests. Attached to a regulation of a cult guild

Photograph


1017Seal id P. Assoc. p. 103-131 no. Berl. 3115 A-E seal c (see Pestman1993, 61)

Clay/mud


Seal c: inscription "The royal scribe Amenothes". Seal of the cult guild of choachytai-priests, a kind of funerarypriests. Attached to a regulation of a cult guild

Photograph




Place (ancient) papyrus

Small rolled papyrus with string and seal still intact.

Photograph



255-250 BC PhiladelphiaPlace (ancient) papyrus

Small seal on the back. On petition.

Photograph


1024Seal id P. Münch. 3 148 descr. Clay/mud

II AD? ?Place (ancient) papyrus

Seal (the papyrus was found sealed): head of a man or god.contract.

Photograph



1021Seal id P. Strasb. Gr. 1 79 seal a + BL XI

16-15 BC SyenePlace (ancient) papyrus

The papyrus (a contract) is tied up in a special way, see the edition. Seal a (of wax): no device.

Photograph


1022Seal id P. Strasb. Gr. 1 79 seal b + BL XI Clay/mud


The papyrus (a contract) is tied up in a special way, see the edition. Seal b: lost.

Photograph


1023Seal id P. Strasb. Gr. 1 79 seal c + BL XI Clay/mud


The papyrus (a contract) is tied up in a special way, see the edition. Seal c: lost.

Photograph



1013Seal id P. Tor. Botti 18 Clay/mud


Clay seal on a Demotic agreement, device unknown.

P. Tor. Botti 18 [pl. 23]Photograph


1008Seal id P. Zauzich 44 Clay/mud

second cent. BC Soknopaiu NesosPlace (ancient) papyrus

Clay seal on a Demotic oracle letter; Hellenistic device: head to right with diadem.

Photograph



second cetn. BC Soknopaiu NesosPlace (ancient) papyrus

Clay seal on a Demotic oracle letter; Hellenistic device: two full length figures.

Photograph




Second cent. BC ? Soknopaiu NesosPlace (ancient) papyrus

Clay seal on a Demotic oracle letter, device unknown.

Photograph



second cent. BC Soknopaiu NesosPlace (ancient) papyrus

Clay seal on a Demotic oracle letter, device unknown.

Photograph


1012Seal id P. Z