A choice stamp seal carved in harder black stone, probably serpentine, West Mesopotamian, 4th.-3th. mill. BC.

An early prototype of the square stamp seal with a handle, later so popular. This seal is engraved with stylized animals in it's base.

Size: 25 mm. wide, 24 mm...

A nice scaraboid after Egyptian model, Western Mesopotamia, late 2nd. millenium BC.

Carved in a fine purple stone with Deer springing and a fish, crescent above for the Moon god Sin.

Size: 16x 12 x 8 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine, with minor ancient chip.

This seal comes with original ID card and hard impression from below collection...

A lovely larger stamp seal of the non-figural Gable type in grey black stone, Ubaid Period of Eastern Anatolia / North-Western Mesopotamia, 4th. millenium BC.

The seal was reportedly found at 'Amúg Ebene' in ancient North-Western Mesopotamia, present day Turkey, close to the ancient city of Antioch...

An nice early stamp seal in black steatite or chlorite, Halaf period 6th. millenium BC.

The seal was reportedly found at 'Amúg Ebene' in ancient North-Western Mesopotamia, present day Turkey, close to the ancient city of Antioch.

The seal is carved in a triangular shape with a low pierced handle...

A fine stamp seal of calcified (or burnt?) calchedony, Neo-Babynian, c. 8th-7th. cent. BC.

Attractive trapezoid style seal. These seals are usually carved with Marduk at the alter, but this has a rare depiction of a sword, rhomboid symbol (perhaps and eye) and the Sun and Moon for the two major Babylonian deities of Marduk and Sin. A rare depiction. Size: 22 mm. tall and 20 mm wide...

A fine stamp seal in a lovely stone quality, East Anatolia / West Mesopotamia, c. later 2nd. millenium BC.

Splendid and mottled & veined green stone engraved with a Lion and triangular spearpont-like symbols. Late Gable form

Size: 20 mm wide x 10 mm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact and with deposits.

This seal comes with original ID card and hard impression from below collection...

Interesting amuletic blackstone stamp seal, Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, 1st. millenium BC.

The seal was made during the Neo-Assyrian / Achaemenid period of dominance, c. 800-600 BC.

The engraving shows a Lion attacking a capride, on the other side a sword and a sun symbol and perhaps a mood symbol or a bird..? The last side below shows three globes. Very rare type.

Size: 15 x 11 x 4 mm...

A better Assyrian cylinder seal, Middle Kingdom, c. 1400-1100 BC.

Carved and polished in a beautiful glossy dark green stone and finely engraved with an interesting scene, which looks like mating between two odd animals, the male jumping and the female horned. Above the star symbols of Ashur and crescent Nanna/Sin...

Attractive seal in an orange stone, carved with the image of Deities with weapons and a winged 4--legged animal, Greater mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period, c. 900-700 BC. Probably Levantine workmanship.



Size: 18 mm...

A very large black stone stamp seal with high relief engraving, Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Ubaid-Uruk period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC. According to notes from the collection, this seal was found in Tell Halaf!

High relief carving of cruciform pattern.

Size: 32 mm. in diameter and 19 mm. tall, so a high domed seal, really large in hand.

Condition: Extremely fine, uncleaned deposits, very attractive.

This seal was aquired 1993 and comes with hard imp...

A large black stone stamp seal with high relief, Ancient Near East, Western Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.

High relief carving of two wonderful animals with snouts and a star symbol in the field. Interestingly , the top is carved with a thin cross.

Size: 31 mm. in diameter and 15 mm. tall, so a high domed seal, really large in hand.

Condition: Nice Very fine, completely intact with fine smooth wear.

This seal was aquired 1991 and comes wi...

A massive black stone stamp seal with high relief, Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.

High relief carving of stylized animal and other symbols.

Size: 31 mm. in diameter and 17 mm. tall, so a high domed seal, really large in hand.

Condition: Near Extremely fine, uncleaned deposits, very attractive.

This seal was aquired 1990 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gus...

A choice Ancient Near East / Luristani tanged bronze dagger, dating to 2nd-1st mill BC.

A nice bronze dagger with rounded shoulders. Size is 30 cm - c. 12 inches.

Condition: Choice with some roughness to the edges.

Ex. Danish Private Collection.

Fine round stone stamp seal with a symethric carving in the base of Bulls eye pattern, Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, early 4th. mill. BC

The seal was aquired by the collector in 1995.

Size: 23 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, some even wear but intact.

Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important c...

A fine seal carved in stone with a round seal-base and a tall evolving handle, pierced at the top.

Interesting engraving on the base in the shape of a Sun pattern (?) Size: 34 mm. in diameter, 26 mm. mm tall.

Condition: VF, some wear and minor chipping but intact and overall nicely preserved.

Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection. It was aquired in 2003.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired hi...

A fine style amuletic seal, probably 3rd. millenium BC or even older Ubaid, 4th. mill. BC.

The seal is depicting a humanoid figure with his arms stretched out and an animal / Geomethric sun pattern. Top-drilled.

Size: 32 mm. tall and 23 mm. wide.

Condition: Good VF, intact with even light wear and overall nicely preserved.

Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection. It was aquired in 2005.

Provenance: Gustav Oberl...

Nice high relief blackstone seal from the Early-Dynastic-Arkkadian period.

The seal is engraved with a man lifting his weapon, probably sword besides two fighting ibexes.

Size: 26 mm. tall. and 10 mm wide.

Condition: Nice VF, light wear uncleaned and Oberländers imprint does not do this high relief seal full justice.

This seal was aquired 1990 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Ober...

An attractive rectangular stamp seal with elaborate handle, Western Mesopotamia or Anatolia, 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC:

The seal carved with a horned animal in flight. Beautiful seal with sharp edges.

Size: 31 mm wide and 17 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine.

This seal was aquired 1995 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and impo...