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, prepared clay and sometimes in sealing wax.
File:WLA brooklynmuseum Stamp Seal of Meru-the Answerer of Horus.jpg|Stamp seal of an Egyptian named:Meru-the Answerer of Horus (Brooklyn Museum) File:Cylinder seals and stamps REM.JPG|Stamp seals (bottom row), cylinder seals (top row) File:Signaculum PRIMIT (Louvre, Br 4035).jpg|Signaculum PRIMIT ("first") File:Medieval impression seal matrix (impression) (FindID 497093).jpg|An impression of a cast copper-alloy seal matrix of medieval date (14th century AD) ==See also==