Archaeological confirmation of Bethlehem as an Israelite city was uncovered in 2012 at the archaeological dig at the City of David in the form of a bulla ( seal impression in dried clay ) in ancient Hebrew script that reads " From the town of Bethlehem to the King ," indicating that it was used to seal the string closing a shipment of grain, wine, or other goods sent as a tax payment in the 8th or 7th century BCE.

The Giza pyramid complex, which includes among other structures the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, is surrounded by a cyclopean stone wall, the Wall of the Crow, and outside of which Mark Lehner has discovered a worker's town, otherwise known as " The Lost City ", dated by pottery styles, seal impressions, and stratigraphy to have been constructed and occupied sometime during the reigns of Khafre ( 2520 – 2494 BC ) and Menkaure ( 2490 – 2472 BC ).

That Ur was an important urban centre already then seems to be indicated by a type of cylinder seal called the City Seals.

The Palace theatre displayed the arms of Manchester City Council both inside and on its seal and this usage implied that it was linked with the City's Council.

The city of Lancaster in the county of Lancashire is known as the Red Rose City and its seal features the Lancastrian rose.

The seal of the City of San Marino, California is modeled on that of the republic, depicting the Three Towers of San Marino each capped with a bronze plume, surrounded by a heart-shaped scroll with two roundels and a lozenge ( of unknown significance ) at the top.

The seal of Marysville consists of an outline of a house and Mount Pilchuck inside the words City of Marysville, Washington.

* The seal of Marysville, Washington consists of an outline of a house and Mount Pilchuck inside the words City of Marysville, Washington.

The central motto on the seal of the City of Danbury is Restituimus ( Latin for " We have restored "), a reference to the destruction caused by the Loyalist army troops.

The general council of the University of Edinburgh has a threesided head: one with the seal of the University ; one with the university's coat of arms and the third with Edinburgh's coat of arms of the City of Edinburgh.

An explanation for the use of the eagle in the seal is that it was derived from the coat of arms of the City of Manila and the Great Seal of the United States of America.

1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment then took control of southern Sadr City and hosted Charlie Company, 1-68 Armor, Bravo Company, 1-14 Infantry and Delta Company, 4-64 Armor along with U. S. combat engineers from the 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division who began construction of a concrete barrier along Al-Quds street to seal the southern third of the city off and allow reconstruction to take place.

The provincial seal shows the Phu Khao Chang mountains in the background, and the City Hall in front.

The word Commonwealth of the Philippines replaced Philippine Islands in the scroll below ; it also incorporated the modified seal of City of Manila.

That name, bestowed in 1971 upon a real-life electronics chain in New York City, appeared in 1984 as advertising placement in Splash ; a 1989 parody, UHF, completed the circle by depicting a Crazy Ernie using a hard sell of " buy this car or I'll club a seal " as a TV ad campaign.

The provincial seal shows the royal sword above the royal sandals on a phan ( tray ), as the name Ratchaburi means City of the King.

The beaver's importance in New York City history is reflected by its use on the city's official seal.

The Polytechnic was given a seal based on the Bridge House emblem of the City of London and a motto taken from Ecclesiastes — " Do it with thy Might ".

File: Seal_of_California, _1910, _San_Mateo_County_History_Museum, _Redwood_City, _California. jpg | 1910 mosaic seal on display at the San Mateo County History Museum in Redwood City

Official Calamba City seal

On November 4, 2007 Woodson had a 46-yard interception return for a touchdown with 59 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter to seal a win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Leicester City seal promotion to the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Brighton.

Beginning in the 1790s, the ports of Stonington and New Haven, Connecticut were leaders of the American fur seal trade, which primarily entailed clubbing fur seals to death on uninhabited South Pacific islands, skinning them, and selling the hides in China.

**** New Zealand fur seal or southern fur seal, A. forsteri

Jefferson ’ s letter went on with the same heat to a much quoted passage about “ the day that France takes possession of New Orleans .” Not only did he say that day would be a low point in France ’ s history, for it would seal America ’ s marriage with the British fleet and nation, but he added, astonishingly, that it would start a massive shipbuilding program.

( Formerly, the year on the seal was 1664, the year of the provisional Articles of Transfer, ensuring New Netherlanders that they " shall keep and enjoy the liberty of their consciences in religion ", negotiated with the English by Pieter Stuyvesant and his council ).

To seal the merger, Rozelle arrived in New Orleans within a week, and announced on November 1, 1966 that the NFL officially had awarded the city of New Orleans an NFL franchise.

In certain jurisdictions, such as New Jersey, the EPROM has a tamper-evident seal and can only be changed in the presence of Gaming Control Board officials.

New welding techniques had to be used to properly seal the tubing.

The town seal is a logo of the town of Taos with the year of incorporation " 1934 " in the center, and on the outer edge, the words " Town of Taos, New Mexico ".

*** New Zealand fur seal, A. forsteri

Lead seal of " Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome ", either of Stephen I or of Stephen II

Morelos adopted the Virgin as the seal of his Congress of Chilpancingo, inscribing her feast day into the Chilpancingo constitution and declaring that Guadalupe was the power behind his victories: New Spain puts less faith in its own efforts than in the power of God and the intercession of its Blessed Mother, who appeared within the precincts of Tepeyac as the miraculous image of Guadalupe that had come to comfort us, defend us, visibly be our protection.

Official seal of New Jersey.

* " Excelsior ", the official motto of the state of New York ( seen on its seal )

The distinction between the Letters Patent forming Dartmouth versus those documents founding William & Mary or Kings College ( Columbia ) is that the seal of the Province of New Hampshire appears on the Dartmouth document, while the Great Seal of the Realm appears on the William & Mary and King's documents.

The decision, handed down on February 2, 1819, ruled in favor of the College and invalidated the act of the New Hampshire Legislature, which in turn allowed Dartmouth to continue as a private institution and take back its buildings, seal, and charter.

In November 1838, a force of about 1, 500 men started from New York to seal off the St Lawrence River and thereby allow a hypothetical revolt to take place in Upper Canada.

Anthony Comstock's New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, founded in 1873, inscribed book burning on its seal, as a worthy goal to be achieved.

In a letter to The Cricket, a Newark, New Jersey music magazine edited by Amiri Baraka and Larry Neal, Albert reported that he had seen a strange object in the sky and come to believe that he and his brother " had the right seal of God almighty in our forehead.

Only two native mammals exist: two species of seal which haul out on the islands, the New Zealand fur seal and the threatened New Zealand sea lion.

Despite the rejection, the film's producers arranged for Allied Artists to release the film without the Production Code seal, with the New York censors licensing the film