Museum-Exhibited Babylonian Steatite Cylinder Seal

Ancient Sumeria / Mesopotamia, ca. 11th century BCE. A small steatite cylinder seal, its surface engraved in intaglio with a pair of conversing figures, perhaps a female deity standing before a male f

Ancient Sumeria/Mesopotamia, ca. 11th century BCE. A small steatite cylinder seal, its surface engraved in intaglio with a pair of figures standing before a lord or deity, stars above. When rolled in

Title: Babylonian Steatite Cylinder Seal, Worshipper and God, c. 1800 B.C. Date/Period: Old Babylonian, c. 1800 B.C. Description: Engraved with a kneeling worshipper in front of a standing god, offeri

Title: Old Babylonian Steatite Cylinder Seal,1800 BC, ex. Erlenmeyer collection Date/Origin: Old Babylonian, c. 1800 B.C. Description: Representing a god seated on a stool. Before him stands a goddess

Carved Hematite stone, apprx 25 x 12mm, depicting a god with mace facing star and Lamma. Inscribed Kubrum, son of Apil-ilishu, servant of the god Pablisag. This seal comes with a museum quality modern

19th-17th century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal with figures; accompanied by a museum-quality impression, and a hand written and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyr

2nd millennium B.C. An agate cylinder seal with three worshippers before a seated deity, crescent moon and star above; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.64 grams, 24 mm (1 in.). Acquired 1

Ancient Near East, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 1000 to 539 BCE. This is a very interesting steatite (soapstone) cylinder seal depicting a man with traditional hair and beard style familiar from Babylonian art

20th-17th century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal depicting a Lamma goddess with dedication inscription in three columns, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, signed scholarly

18th-15th century BC. A haematite (?) cylinder seal with figures, symbols and animals, accompanied by a museum-quality impression and a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert,

1st millennium BC. A carnelian cylinder seal with frieze composed of worshipping figures, pierced for suspension; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.41 grams, 19mm (3/4"). From the collecti

2nd millennium B.C. A haematite cylinder seal with a standing deity wearing a horned headdress, before him a crescent and four vertical bands of motifs; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.8

A Proto-Elamite tan steatite cylinder seal, 3rd Millennium BC, with 20 registers of vertical lines. L: 1.6cm; W: 1.3cm. Ex-California Museum of Ancient Art (CS3105), acquired 1989.

A Neo-Assyrian red steatite cylinder seal, 8th - 7th Century BC, with a contest scene with a pair of deities engaged, archer behind and spade of Marduk. L: 3.2 cm. Ex California Museum of Ancient Art

A post Kassite steatite cylinder seal, 2nd Millennium BC, depicting an outlined cross with tree above, spiral rhomboid and triangular marks. L: 4.1 cm. Ex California Museum of Ancient Art de-accession

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A steatite cylinder seal with a pair of advancing figures with their arm raised, a small antelope between and a tree to the background; accompanied by a museum-quality impressi

An Old Babylonian cylinder seal, c. 1900 BC, in black steatite, featuring two figures standing before a seated king or deity. L: 27mm. Well preserved with good detail. Ex Los Angeles private collectio

Carved Hematite, apprx 28 x 15 mm. Three standing figures including goddess Ishtar to the right, god with mace in the middle and Lamma to the left. Inscribed Nur-ilishu, son of Ipgy (?) Nanay, servant

Carved of black stone, three figures and filler; Ishtar to the right, god with mace in the middle, and Lamma to the left. Fillers; double lion headed mace, dog with an item rising from it's head, inve

Large Akkadian Steatite Cylinder seal, c. 2300-2200 B.C.Two crossed lions attacking horned arrivals, hero to left; filler, terminal, tree.Comes with full translation and dating by Professor W.G. Lambe

Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal, ca. 1800-1600 BCE, Carved seal of hematite, apprx 25.5 x 13.5mm. Three standing figures compose the scene. In the middle is a god in a horned tiara and long robe falling

A large Mesopotamian black steatite cylinder seal, c. 2300 - 2200 BC, depicting a hero, possibly Gilgamesh, engaged with two pairs of lions attacking rampant human-headed animals. Nicely detailed with

Carved white stone, worn inscription, X-Na-Na, to be read from the seal and not from a reverse impression, which is highly unusual. The scene shows three figures, one is seated. This seal comes with a

2nd millennium B.C. A white marble cylinder seal with a worshipper before a seated deity, a quadruped before him and a rosette in between the figures, a pair of felines above the deity; behind him a p