Western Asiatic Achaemenid Seal with Combat Scene

2nd millennium BC. A chalcedony cylinder seal with frieze including a winged figure with bow(?), a gryphon and a leaping warrior with sword. 6.40 grams, 27mm (1"). Property of a Bristol collector; for

2nd millennium BC. A black limestone cylinder seal with hatched panels and advancing animals. 6.77 grams, 23mm (1"). Property of a Bristol collector; formerly part of his father's collection formed be

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With shallow-carved frieze of advancing spearmen above running horses; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 14.4 grams, 26 mm (1 in.). From a Cotswold, UK, collection, i

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Polished haematite cylinder with incuse frieze depicting a standing profile human figure in flounced kilt and mesh tunic brandishing a dagger towards a rearing ibex, with two s

An undated archaistic hematite cylinder seal with standing male, winged human headed bull in front and grazing horse behind, flying birds above. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s.

3rd millennium BC. A carved square serpentine seal with intaglio hunting scene including a bowman chasing a deer and a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a horse. 26 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a Lond

1st millennium B.C. Carnelian seal with intaglio frieze of a robed figure seated on a throne and holding a wreath with one arm raised towards a standing figure wearing a tunic and longer robe with one

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With broad central piercing, frieze with seated king in a tiered robe facing two robed supplicants, scorpion and goat to the rear. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near eastern Cylind

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With large central hole, incised frieze of a seated figure offering a cup to a figure in floor-length garment, second figure behind him in a tiered robe, canine and scorpion to

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With low-relief carved scene of two addorsed bearded figures on thrones, tree between them, amphora with drinking straws held to the mouth of each figure. Cf. Teissier, B., A

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised frieze of a seated figure with hand extended to a figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe, blank panel to the rear. Cf.

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised frieze of a seated figure extending his hand to a standing figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe and a third holding a

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With frieze depicting two standing robed figures before a crowned figure on a throne, symbols in the field; later drilled 'pellets'. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cyli

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With large central hole, incised frieze of a seated figure receiving an offering from a figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe, colu

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised design of a standing figure in fringed garment drawing his bow against an antelope, fronds in the field. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in t

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Carved with a row of figures in two registers, one with a textured robe. Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 19, for type. 33.8 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2 in.). A

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised frieze of a seated figure in tiered garment facing a standing figure in floor-length garment, second figure behind with arms crossed at the chest, blank space to t

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With a pierced domed upper face; engraved underside with a knife-wielding man attacking a rearing lion, a mythical long-tailed beast attacking from above with its tail curving

Circa 2nd millennium B.C. With frieze depicting a figure in ankle-length robe drawing a bow towards fleeing winged animals, serpents below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.11 grams, 17.83

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With frieze of one sitting and two standing figures. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 92, for type. 0.94

Ca. 900 - 600 BC. A Western Asiatic hard stone cylinder seal. It depicts a mythological scene with a winged god in the middle of a group of wild running animals. The god is the lord of the animals. Ac

3rd millennium BC or later. A group of four cylinder seals, one in white agate, and three in black limestone, including an Early Dynastic III cylinder seal with contest scene and a Mitanni seal, possi

23rd century BC. A carved shell cylinder seal with two rows, each depicting a different scene with human and animal figures; accompanied by a signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, late Profess

. A mixed group of cylinder seals comprising: one carnelian in the Old Babylonian Period (20th-16th century BC) style with scene of two kilted figures grasping a ribbed post, a third figure holding a