Details
THIRTY-SEVEN NEAR EASTERN STAMP SEALS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Including ten of the early 1st millennium B.C. with various animals and human figures; twenty-seven Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian and early Achaemenian conoidal stamps seals of circa 8th-5th century B.C., with figures at an altar, a figure with antelope, winged figures and animals, and schematic designs, together with two Egyptian steatite scarabs, 2nd Intermediate Period, 1640-1532 B.C., one with interlocking spirals, and one with six concentric circles and crosses (39)
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Including ten of the early 1st millennium B.C. with various animals and human figures; twenty-seven Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian and early Achaemenian conoidal stamps seals of circa 8th-5th century B.C., with figures at an altar, a figure with antelope, winged figures and animals, and schematic designs, together with two Egyptian steatite scarabs, 2nd Intermediate Period, 1640-1532 B.C., one with interlocking spirals, and one with six concentric circles and crosses (39)
Provenance
The Marcopoli Collection
Christie's New York, 14 December 1993, lots 321, 333-334 & 345.
Christie's New York, 14 December 1993, lots 321, 333-334 & 345.