6TH-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A LARGE GROUP OF NEAR EASTERN GLASS AND HARDSTONE STAMP SEALS
6TH-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including four Neo-Babylonian/Achaemenid octagonal mainly chalcedony stamp seals, each with a worshipper before an altar with divine symbols; another with a four-winged genie; and another chalcedony conoid, with a worshipper in front of an altar with a bird-man, all 6th Century B.C.; a Neo-Babylonian brown and white agate conoid stamp seal with two rampant ibexes flanking a central plant; an Achaemenid blue glass conoid with walking lion; another, iridescent green glass, with a hero grasping two lions, all circa 6th-5th Century B.C.; a late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr lapis lazuli hemispheroid stamp seal with drilled base, 3300-2900 B.C.; a group of Mesopotamian and Syrian mainly grey steatite or serpentine stamp seals, either pierced or with perforated handles, the bases with cross-hatched or linear designs, 6th-5th millennium B.C.; a group of North Syrian and Anatolian mainly grey chlorite or serpentine 'gable' seals, most with quadruped designs, late 5th-3rd millennium B.C.; a group of North Syrian and Mesopotamian grey stone hemispheroid stamp seals with mainly zoomorphic designs, 5th-4th millennium B.C.; and a Mesopotamian grey stone forepart of a wild boar amulet, 2900-2350 B.C.(a lot)
2 1/8 in. (5.2 cm.) across max.
6TH-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including four Neo-Babylonian/Achaemenid octagonal mainly chalcedony stamp seals, each with a worshipper before an altar with divine symbols; another with a four-winged genie; and another chalcedony conoid, with a worshipper in front of an altar with a bird-man, all 6th Century B.C.; a Neo-Babylonian brown and white agate conoid stamp seal with two rampant ibexes flanking a central plant; an Achaemenid blue glass conoid with walking lion; another, iridescent green glass, with a hero grasping two lions, all circa 6th-5th Century B.C.; a late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr lapis lazuli hemispheroid stamp seal with drilled base, 3300-2900 B.C.; a group of Mesopotamian and Syrian mainly grey steatite or serpentine stamp seals, either pierced or with perforated handles, the bases with cross-hatched or linear designs, 6th-5th millennium B.C.; a group of North Syrian and Anatolian mainly grey chlorite or serpentine 'gable' seals, most with quadruped designs, late 5th-3rd millennium B.C.; a group of North Syrian and Mesopotamian grey stone hemispheroid stamp seals with mainly zoomorphic designs, 5th-4th millennium B.C.; and a Mesopotamian grey stone forepart of a wild boar amulet, 2900-2350 B.C.(a lot)
2 1/8 in. (5.2 cm.) across max.
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