A Mesopotamian pink stone hemispheroid stamp seal, collared around perforations, design on base depicting crustaceans(?) -- 1¼in. (3.1cm.) across max., late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr period (3300-2900 B.C.); two Mesopotamian pyramidal stamp seals, chalcedony and red hard stone, both with images of a worshipper standing before an altar -- 2.3cm. and 2.7cm. high respectively, both circa 8th-6th Century B.C.; a Sassanian cornelian dome seal, pierced, the base with a bird -- 1.1cm. high, circa 5th-6th Century A.D.; three stone cylinder seals and a terracotta stamp seal (8)

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A Mesopotamian pink stone hemispheroid stamp seal, collared around perforations, design on base depicting crustaceans(?) -- 1¼in. (3.1cm.) across max., late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr period (3300-2900 B.C.); two Mesopotamian pyramidal stamp seals, chalcedony and red hard stone, both with images of a worshipper standing before an altar -- 2.3cm. and 2.7cm. high respectively, both circa 8th-6th Century B.C.; a Sassanian cornelian dome seal, pierced, the base with a bird -- 1.1cm. high, circa 5th-6th Century A.D.; three stone cylinder seals and a terracotta stamp seal (8)

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