Ancient Bactrian Stone Stamp Seal w/ Animals

Central Asia or Asia Minor, Bactria, ca. 2100 to 1600 BCE. A hand-carved smooth style steatite stamp seal of a discoid form and of warm red and light gray mottled hues. Incised on the stamp face is a

Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2000 to 1700 BCE. A discoidal stone stamp seal carved from a mottled cool gray stone with a scalloped or serrated edge and 3 anthropomorphic figures on the seal face. The f

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone stamp seal of a discoid form with different designs on each stamp face. The fir

Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2000 to 1700 BCE. A hand-carved stone stamp seal of circular form with an integral suspension loop emanating from the verso. Incised on the stamp face is a seated lion with

Ancient Bactrian Stone Stamp Seal with Bird c.2nd Millenium BC. Size 2 diameter. Large Stone Seal with flying Bird. Condition: perfect. Provenance: from the estate of Robert Thompson of Philadelphia,

Ancient Near East, Middle East, Syria to Northern Iraq, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 2500 BCE. A hand-carved stone bead seal of a rectangular form with a perforation drilled lengthwise for suspe

Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A pretty disc shaped lapis seal bead with a motif etched into the flat face. The disc is pierced for suspension through the center. The incised pa

**Originally Listed At $450** Ancient Iran, Zagros Mountain, Tepe Giyan, first half of second millennia BCE. Large and very unusual stone stamp seal of hard black stone. Carved in deep relief with wha

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A seal made from a semi-opaque stone that has been shaped into a cachet with an engraved insect motif. The stone is a creamy

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-carved black stone stamp seal of cylindrical form depicting a charioteer as he is being pulled by 3 rein-lead horses. Each galloping stee

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE. A lovely stamp seal carved from black-hued stone with the bottom bearing two ancient winged sun symbols

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE. A lovely stamp seal carved from black-hued stone with the bottom bearing two ancient winged sun symbols

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2100 to 1600 BCE. A hand-carved gray steatite stamp seal of a discoid form bearing a scalloped edge and topped with an integral handle. Inscribed on the stamp face i

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2000 to 1700 BCE. A discoid stamp seal carved from light gray steatite with darker traces on the verso from where a handle was present at one time. Inscribed on the

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2000 to 1700 BCE. A hand-carved gray steatite stamp seal of a discoid form surmounted by a triangular handle. Incised on the stamp face is a right-facing bird, perha

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2100 to 1600 BCE. A hand-carved gray steatite stamp seal of a discoid form bearing a scalloped edge bearing an etched scorpion motif. The verso once contained a ring

Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE. A hand-carved seal bead made from a smokey chalcedony stone with a white matrix and a zoomorphic motif. The bead has a flat, ovoid fac

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Syria, Syrian Provincial, ca. 2500 to 2200 BCE. A cylindrical stamp seal bead carved from dark gray hardstone with an incised program bearing anthropom

Ancient Near East, Middle East, Syria to Northern Iraq, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A fine carved stone stamp of half-spherical form with a vertical drill hole for suspension. The cir

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 224 to 651 CE. A fantastical O-type stone seal bead with a central piercing for suspension and a

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery stamp seal of a corseted tubular form with varying recessed designs inscribed

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. A cast-bronze stamp seal with a narrow, pierced handle protruding from the verso. The ovoid stamp face features a series

This stone stamp seal from the Sasanian Empire, which flourished from 224 to 651 CE, showcases an animal figure, a common motif that reflects the Sasanian emphasis on royal and religious symbolism. Su

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic Sumer (Syria), Provincial type, Archaic Period, ca. 2800 to 2500 BCE. A lovely bifacial carved-stone stamp seal bead of rectang