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2. Seal (emblem) - Wikipedia

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   Seal (emblem) A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interference with a package or envelope by applying a seal which had to be broken to open the container ...

3. Paper embossing - Wikipedia

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   Generally, embossing is the process most often employed to attract attention or convey a high quality textural contrast in relation to the surrounding area of the paper stock. "Debossing" is similar to embossing, but recesses the design rather than raising it. Rather than the paper being raised in specific areas, it is indented.

4. Ancient Near Eastern seals and sealing practices - Wikipedia

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   Found in Telloh (ancient Girsu) Two main types of seals were used in the Ancient Near East, the stamp seal and the cylinder seal. Stamp seals first appeared in 'administrative' contexts in central and northern Mesopotamia in the seventh millennium and were used exclusively until the fifth millennium. Cylinder seals appeared first around 3600 BC ...

5. Stamp seal - Wikipedia

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   The stamp seal (also impression seal) is a common seal die, frequently carved from stone, known at least since the 6th millennium BC ( Halaf culture [1]) and probably earlier. The dies were used to impress their picture or inscription into soft, prepared clay and sometimes in sealing wax . The oldest stamp seals were button-shaped objects with ...

6. History of printing - Wikipedia

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   In the Western Zhou, sets of seal stamps were encased in blocks of type and used on clay moulds for casting bronzes. By the end of the 3rd century BCE, seals were also used for printing on pottery. In the Northern dynasties textual sources contain references to wooden seals with up to 120 characters. [7] The seals had a religious element to them.

7. Notary public (New York) - Wikipedia

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   Notary public (New York) An embossed notary seal. This type of seal is no longer legally sufficient in New York State. Notaries public in New York are commissioned by the Secretary of State of New York after passing a short examination in law and procedure and submitting an application for appointment accompanied by the proper fees. [1]