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Bulla (plural, Bullae), a lump of clay molded around a cord and stamped with a seal. When dry, the container cannot be violated without visible damage to the bulla, thereby ensuring the contents remain tamper-proof until they reach their destination. The Stamp seal and the Cylinder seal are stone type seals, first made in the Fourth Millenium and probably earlier. ...
 Multi-stamped bulla (~1" diam.) formerly surrounding a dangling cord; unprovenanced Redondo Beach collection of antiquities Bullae from antiquity appear in two distinct forms: Redondo Beach is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ...
- A lump surrounding a dangling cord (as with much later wax bullae and Papal bulls made of lead rather than clay)
- A flat, disc-shaped lump pressed against a cord surrounding a folded document (such as papyrus or vellum)
In many cases, fingerprints of the person who made the impression remain visible near the border of the seal in the clay. Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ...
Papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus at Kew Gardens, London Papyrus is an early form of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that grows to 5 meters (15 ft) in height and was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. ...
Vellum (from the Latin for wool or pelt) is a sort of parchment, a material for the pages of a book or codex, characterized by its thin, smooth, durable properties. ...
A fingerprint is an impression normally made by ink or contaminates transferred from the peaks of friction skin ridges to a relatively smooth surface such as a fingerprint card. ...
 Stamped bulla sealed by a servant of King Hezekiah, formerly pressed against a cord; unprovenanced Redondo Beach collection of antiquities |  Same stamped bulla (~12 mm long) showing ridges on cord side indicating paypyrus document | Hezekiah (Hebrew: חזקיה or חזקיהו, whom God has strengthened) was king of Judah, the son of Ahaz and Abi (2 Kings 18:1-2) or Abijah (2 Chronicles 29:1). ...
Redondo Beach is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ...
See also Bulla, an amulet and worn like a locket, was given to the children, at the time of birth, in Ancient Rome. ...
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