Sold2022Ancient Near East Stone Seal Bead w/ Quadruped & Snake**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 moSee Sold Price
Sold2021Stone Stamp Seal Bead w/ 2 QuadrupedsAncient 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 cirSee Sold Price
Sold2023Mesopotamian Stone Seal Bead w/ Winged AnimalsAncient 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 scorpionSee Sold Price
Sold2020Neo Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal Bead w/ Presentation100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, SSee Sold Price
Sold2022Early Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal Bead w/ FiguresAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3100 BCE. A lovely stamp seal of tubular form that is hand-carved from translucent, yellow-white stone. The cylindrical seal bearsSee Sold Price
Sold2021Achaemenid Stone Stamp Seal Bead w/ IbexesAncient 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 facSee Sold Price
Sold2021Syrian Stone Stamp Seal Bead w/ Figure & Beasts**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 anthropomSee Sold Price
Sold2021Ancient Near Eastern Stone Stamp Seal Bead w/ InsectsAncient 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 creamySee Sold Price
Sold2021Ancient Syrian Stone Stamp Seal Bead w/ ZoomorphsAncient 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 suspeSee Sold Price
Sold2021Sasanian Stone Stamp Seal Bead w/ Winged Horse**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 aSee Sold Price
Sold2021Sumerian Stone Bifacial Stamp Seal Bead w/ Lion & Bull**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 rectangSee Sold Price
Sold2023Sasanian Hematite Stamp Seal Bead w/ Prancing Bull**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian/Sasanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A deep brown hematite stone stamp with an intriguing scene on the seal face anSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ancient Anatolian Stamp Seal Bead w/ AntelopeAncient Near East, Anatolia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-carved, beige-hued stone stamp seal with a conical handle, a perforated suspension hole, and a broad stamp face incised with a highly stylizSee Sold Price
Sold2023ANCIENT NEAR EAST SYRIAN STONE STAMP SEAL BEADSA 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 impSee Sold Price
Sold2021Five Ancient Near East Stone & Pottery Stamp Seal BeadsAncient 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 EaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Sumerian Stone Seal Bead - Chariot & LamassuAncient 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 symSee Sold Price
Sold2021Achaemenid Stone Seal Bead - God Fighting AnzuAncient 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 feSee Sold Price
Sold2023Babylonian Lapis Stamp Seal Bead w/ Electrum Gold CapAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer / Babylon, ca. 1894 to 500 BCE. A cylinder seal hand-carved from vibrant blue lapis lazuli and set in an electrum setting - composed of 71.7% (equivalent 17K+) goSee Sold Price
Sold2021Ancient Syrian Leaded-Bronze Stamp Seal Bead w/ RabbitAncient Near East, Syria, Syrian Provincial, ca. 2500 to 1900 BCE. A fantastic leaded-bronze cachet seal bead with a zoomorphic creature etched into the face. The seal has a circular face with a long-See Sold Price
Sold2021Syrian Steatite Cylinder Seal Bead w/ Linear Motif**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Syria to Northern Iraq, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A slender cylinder seal bead that is hand-carved from blue-gray steatite with smooSee Sold Price
Sold2021Sasanian Hematite Stamp Seal Bead w/ Griffin**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 224 to 651 CE. A fine carved hematite stamp seal of a deep grey hue in the form of a half-spSee Sold Price
Sold2018Large Sassanian Stone Seal Bead w/ Ibex**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,See Sold Price
Sold20235 Ancient Sassanian Quartz & Carnelian Stamp Seal Beads**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, andSee Sold Price
Sold2024Sassanian Stamp Seals + Intaglio (Carnelian Chalcedony)Ancient Near East, Sassanian (also Sasanian, Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A collection of 4 hand-carved stone seal beads and intaglio, made from orange carnelian and chalcedony. The laSee Sold Price