THIRTY-FOUR NEAR EAST STONE SEALS

Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. A collection of four stone seals, all pierced for suspension. The largest is a near-translucent stone with an incised motif of a crescent moon and crossed swor

Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. A collection of four deep red carnelian stones, all perforated for suspension. Three have incised motifs and one has a smooth ovoid face that seems ready-made

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Middle East, Syria to Northern Iraq, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A hand-carved greenstone seal with a circular profile and abstract mo

A lot of three Near East stone stamp seals. The first is a Chalcolithic steatite seal, c. 4th Millennium BC, with pointed handle drilled for suspension and rectangular base incised with angled lines.

Ancient Near East, Gabel Stone Seal with Winged Griffin, 3500-3000BC, Size 30, Carved stone seal wit Griffin Galel seal with central piercng for suspension. Inventory#A29531 Provenance: Ex The Time Ma

An in the style Near East stone cylinder seal set in metal pendant holder, 2" L

An in the style Near east stone cylinder seal set in metal pendant holder. 1-3/4" L

A pair of ancient Middle Eastern hand-carved stone seals. Presumably of Syrian origin, Proto-Literate period, ca. 3500 to 2500 BC. A rectangular stamp impressing a deer. A pyramid-shaped seal bead imp

Ancient Near East, modern day Turkey / Syria, Archaic period, ca. 3rd millennium BCE; Iron Age II to III, 10th to 6th century BCE. A fabulous ensemble of five stone seal beads from the Ancient Near Ea

Ancient Near East, Syria, Tell Halaf, ca. 4500 BCE. Two ancient stone seals. The first is a roughly square form, made from a white-beige steatite, depicting a stylized set of lines that appear woven t

An in the style of a stone near east cylinder seal pendant, with silver end pieces, metal finial. 2-1/8" L

Ancient Near East, the Levant, Assyria, ca. 1500 BCE. A trio of hand-carved stone seals including 2 stamps and 1 cylindrical roller seal. One stamp seal of orange color features a pair of winged scara

Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE. A dark stone seal with carved twin ibexes, seated on grass in the shade of a leafy fern- or palm-like plant. Seals - both cylinder and

Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. A wonderful collection of eighteen carved stone beads with incised designs, in hues of brown, emerald, citrine, topaz, white, gray, and brown, all perforated f

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A large black stone bead, cylindrical in form, and pierced vertically with a wide opening for suspension, featuring a series of auspicious sym

Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A large, grey steatite stamp seal depicting a classically Achaemenid scene: a god battles a mythical beast while a goat sits at his fe

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1925 to 1595 BCE. A remarkable stone seal bead featuring a pair of confronting figures, one holding a staff and the other a scorpion

**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, Sumeria or Assyria, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A beautiful marbled stone seal, with pale pink, grey, brown, and purple tones, incised to show two identical mythical chimera figu

Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. Two fine examples of some of the most iconic Sassanian artifacts, stone seal beads, both drilled for suspension. One is a near-translucent, yellow quartz, poli

**Originally Listed At $200** Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. A rounded, near-translucent pale orange stone seal with a flat face incised with a symbol of three reeds rising from ferns. Seals

**Originally Listed At $200** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A beautiful dark green hard stone seal with motifs on both sides - on one, a sunburst, a symbol of a deity, and on

**Originally Listed At $150** Ancient Near East / the Levant, Proto-Assyrian, ca. 4000 BCE. A rectangular black stone seal with an incised motif on its face depicting a Pegasus with a long, raised win

**Originally Listed At $150** Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. Carved from a dark brown and olive green, semi-translucent, banded stone, the base incised with a lifelike standing ibex design,