Ancient near-east, Sassanian Empire, Iran/Iraq, ca 500 CE. Trio of stamp seals in carnelian, red jasper and bronze. Stamp seals were used continuously in the near-east from about 3000 BCE to 800 CE as a means of identifying correspondence sent by an individual. The bronze example is very rare and is in scaraboid form with an image of a moufflon (type of antelope) with what appears to a drawn bow. The carnelian example shows a standing figure with long headdress. Jasper seal shows a single moufflon with multi-pointed rack of antlers. Size of largest: .75" L x .625" H (1.9 cm x 1.6 cm)

Provenance: private Matrisciano collection, Thousand Oaks, California, USA, before 2002

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Each intact and generally excellent. Light-colored stone example shows surface wear and is actually a jasper covered in mottled caliche.