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seal

mark of a personal distinctive emblem intended to guarantee the authenticity of the author of a document onto which it is printed, embossed or affixed
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Summary

seal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,095 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: insignia[2], emblem[3], mark[4], mold[5]
  • Commons category: Seals[6]
  • Said to be the same as: seal impression[7], seal[8]
  • Inception: 3500 BC[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Seals (insignia)[10]
  • Commons gallery: Seal (device)[11]
  • Location of creation: Near East[12]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], New International Encyclopedia[17]
  • Partially coincident with: seal impression[18]
  • Main Wikidata property: P158[19], P418[20]
  • Different from: maker's mark[21], hallmark[22]

Why It Matters

seal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] seal is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['seals', 'seal']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: seal, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962512|seal (#289962512)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295346
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295346, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 13365
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 13365, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484304|SEAL (#167484304)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  4. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5776
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 5776, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287780|seals (#107287780)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical "
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003991-peceti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003991-peceti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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