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Two tables are provided for comparing the 5 main sets of LMLK seals by words & by styles.  The first table below displays the 4-winged seals as close as possible:

  2-Winged
Top-Register
& Rigid		 2-Winged
Divided		 2-Winged
Undivided		 4-Winged
Lapidarist		 4-Winged
Cursory
(many--
T484s)		 4-Winged
Cursory
(few--
pithoi)
Generic          
HBRN  
MMST  
SUKE    
ZYF
Note:  All of these drawings are scaled to approximately 1:1 when viewed on a 16" diagonal computer screen at 1024x768 resolution.  Critical scrutiny of actual impressions reveals that the x4L seals were physically larger than the x2T seals as you see them here.  Bear in mind that these dimensions are approximate based on stamps since none of the actual seals have been discovered or published.  And because they are based on stamps with some being much rarer than others, the sizes of the rare ones are not necessarily as accurate as the more common ones.  Here's a summary of all the actual sizes sorted by smallest to biggest:

29.0 x 20.6mm = 597 (1.14 x 0.81") Z2T
28.5 x 21.1mm = 601 (1.12 x 0.83") M2T
29.6 x 20.6mm = 610 (1.16 x 0.81") H2T
30.4 x 20.8mm = 632 (1.19 x 0.82") G2T
30.1 x 21.4mm = 644 (1.18 x 0.84") S2DR

30.4 x 21.9mm = 666 (1.19 x 0.86") H2U
30.1 x 22.7mm = 683 (1.18 x 0.89") M2D
31.2 x 21.9mm = 683 (1.22 x 0.86") Z2U
31.4 x 21.9mm = 688 (1.23 x 0.86") S2DW
31.2 x 22.2mm = 693 (1.22 x 0.87") Z2D
31.7 x 21.9mm = 694 (1.25 x 0.86") M2U
32.0 x 21.9mm = 701 (1.26 x 0.86") S2U
30.9 x 22.7mm = 701 (1.21 x 0.89") H2D

32.2 x 21.9mm = 705 (1.27 x 0.86") Z4CY
33.0 x 21.4mm = 706 (1.30 x 0.84") H4C
31.4 x 23.0mm = 722 (1.23 x 0.90") M4C
32.0 x 23.0mm = 736 (1.26 x 0.90") Z4CI

36.2 x 21.6mm = 782 (1.42 x 0.85") Z4L
35.4 x 23.2mm = 821 (1.39 x 0.91") H4L
37.5 x 23.5mm = 881 (1.47 x 0.92") S4L
37.0 x 24.3mm = 899 (1.45 x 0.95") M4L

This table displays the same information as above except the rows & columns are transposed so the 2-winged seals are as close as possible:

  Generic HBRN MMST SUKE ZYF
2-Winged Top-Register
& Rigid
2-Winged Divided  
2-Winged Undivided  
4-Winged Lapidarist  
4-Winged Cursory
(many specimens; all Type 484s)		      
4-Winged Cursory
(few specimens; mostly pithoi)		      

"They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, like a dove from the land of Assyria."--Hosea 11:11
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