Carved Gray Stone Cylinder Seal of an Octopus, ca. 3100-2900 BCE

Probably Summarian. Carved Gray Stone Cylinder Seal of an Octopus, apprx 26 x 6mm. Well carved in gray stone, image of an Octopus with define legs, marked with dots, two bulging eyes and well formed b

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE. A set of 2 ancient cylinder seals, each hand-carved from lustrous black-hued stone. The first seal features an abstract zoomorphic po

Akkadian Cylinder Seal, ca. 2300-2200 BCE, Carved gray stone, apprx 28 x 11mm. Figure in center of Ninkarrak, goddess of medicine, worshiped chiefly in northern Mesopotamia and Syria. The goddess stan

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Jemdet Nasr Period, ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE. A stone cylinder seal deeply etched with seemingly abstract, linear markings t

Early Dynastic III Cylinder seal, ca. 2500-2400 BCE, Carved gray stone, apprx 29 x 15mm. Symmetrically arranged group of four contesting animals is shown here. Two lions with bodies crossing are bitin

Ancient Sumerian Carved Animal Cylinder Seal Mesopotamia, ca. 3100-2900 BE. Size 23 x 20 mm, intact. Jemdet Nast Period. Carved green stone cylinder seal,depicting three walking quadrupeds in a frieze

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE. A hand-carved red jasper cylinder seal of squat form bearing an incised register of linear and hemispherical decorations. While the g

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE. A hand-carved carnelian stamp seal of cylindrical form with a series of abstract yet charming zoomorphic creatures engraved around the circ

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3100 BCE. A lovely stamp seal of tubular form that is hand-carved from translucent, yellow-white stone. The cylindrical seal bears

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Asia, Sumer, Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. Finely carved stone cylinder seal in gray black stone. Painstakingly carved in the round with scene of 3

Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Cypriot culture, Common Simplified type, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. A lovely cylinder seal carved from dark gray stone with a centrally drilled suspension hole. The repeatin

**Originally Listed At $350** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Mitanni, ca. 1500 to 1350 BCE. A slender, cylindrical rolling seal, hand-carved from a dark-gray stone, with a thin vertical perforation.

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Neo-Babylonian period, ca. early to mid-1st millennium BCE. A petite stamp seal of a cylindrical form that is hand-carved from mottled dark gray stone

Ancient Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal Early dynastic period, ca. 2900-2350 B.C. Size 20 x 20 mm. Carved black stone cylinder seal with stylized figures, geometric pattern. Provenance: Private East

Ancient Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal Early dynastic period, ca. 2900-2350 B.C. Size 20 x 16 mm. Carved grey stone cylinder seal with stylized animals. Provenance: Private East Coast collection, Ex

Carved Hematite stone, apprx 25 x 12mm, depicting a god with mace facing star and Lamma. Inscribed Kubrum, son of Apil-ilishu, servant of the god Pablisag. This seal comes with a museum quality modern

Carved white stone, worn inscription, X-Na-Na, to be read from the seal and not from a reverse impression, which is highly unusual. The scene shows three figures, one is seated. This seal comes with a

Late Akkadian Cylinder Seal, ca. 2200-2100 BCE, Carved green stone, apprx 23 x 14mm. The heraldic eagle is shown with head up, wings spread, tail down and talons gripping the rump of a horned animal o

Jemdet Nasr Period. Carved green stone cylinder seal, apprx 23 x 20 mm, depicting three walking quadrupeds in a frieze. This seal comes with a museum quality modern impression and is accompanied by a

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE; Central Asia, Iran / Afghanistan region, Bactrian culture, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE; Ancient Near

Carved of black stone, three figures and filler; Ishtar to the right, god with mace in the middle, and Lamma to the left. Fillers; double lion headed mace, dog with an item rising from it's head, inve

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2119 to 2004 BCE. A beautiful stamp seal of a cylindrical form that is hand-carved from dark-brown hardsto

Carved dark green stone, apprx 12.5 x 8 mm. Depicting a contest of two symmetrical pairs; a hero with a buffalo and a hero with a lion. This seal comes with a museum quality modern impression and is a

Ancient Near East, Sumer, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3100 BCE; Mesopotamia, ca. 2200 to 1800 BCE. A fine set of 4 hand-carved stone stamp seals of cylindrical and hemispherical forms from across th