Sumerian Stone Stamp Seal Bead w/ Chariot & Lamassu

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

**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

Ancient 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 bears

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, 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, 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

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 $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

100% 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, S

Ancient Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian, Iraq, ca. 700 BCE. Finely carved black stone stamp seal in rectangular form. Each side with similar depiction of standing quadruped - horse or zebra possibly. On o

**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 an

Ancient 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 styliz

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2119 to 2004 BCE. A beautiful stamp seal of a cylindrical form that is hand-carved from dark-brown hardsto

Ancient 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+) go

Near East, Achaemenid with Greek influence, ca. 550 to 300 BCE. A striking stone stamp seal bead, pierced laterally for suspension and made from beautiful black banded agate with orange and creamy gre

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 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

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, 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-

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

**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 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