AN MESOPOTAMIAN STONE SEAL. CENTRAL ASIA, CA. 3100 -

**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

**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

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

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

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

Ancient Near East / Central Asia, probably Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3000 to 2300 BCE. A hand carved stone amulet carved into a cow / ungulate animal with slender legs and concentric circles. A suspensi

Central Asia, Turkmenistan or Afghanistan, ca. 800 to 600 BCE. A pyramidal stone seal pierced through the upper center for suspension. The face of the seal depicts a griffin in profile, carved with ex

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE; Parthian to Sassanian Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 600 CE. A pair of stone stamp seal beads each wit

**Originally Listed At $150** Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. One dark red stone seal and one lapis lazuli seal. The former is rounded on one side and has a flat

Originally listed at $600 Western and Central Asia. First, Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE. A trio of two stone and one shell bovine and avian amulets/beads. Also, Turkmenistan, Namazga-Tepe, Namaz

**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

Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian/Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. An opaque warm brown stone cylinder seal depicting a dramatic scene of a hunter on horseback pursuing a

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

**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

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

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Persia, Parthian to Sassanian Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 600 CE. A collection of stone seal beads formed from carnelian, agate, quartz, and

**Originally Listed At $450** Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian/Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A deep green, glossy stone stamp seal bead with a flat, ovoid face and a

Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Persia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 200 to 700 CE. A pair of seal beads carved from chalcedony and agate, the larger is strung on a modern silver wire

**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

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Persia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 200 to 700 CE. A pair of seal beads carved from chalcedony and agate, the larger is

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 300 to 1000 BCE A stone seal bead incised with Indus / Harappan script - Interestingly the language of the ancient Indus v

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone stamp seal of a rectangular form with a pierced suspension loop protruding from the

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A group of nineteen white steatite and limestone beads and seals, all incised with int

Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian/Sasanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. An agate stone stamp with an intriguing scene on the seal face and the body pierced through for suspensi