Attractive thick cylinder seal in brownish black stone, Mesopotamia, 4th. mill. BC.
Finely carved with raised details with a cruciform / millsail pattern within a dotted border.
Size: 18 mm. wide and 20 mm.
Condition: Nice VF, some even wear.
This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection...
A beautiful stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, East Anatolia/West Mesopotamia, Neo-Hittite States, late 2nd. mill. BC - early 1st...
A beautiful stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, East Anatolia/West Mesopotamia, Neo-Hittite States, late 2nd. mill. BC - early 1st...
Interesting tall stamp seal with a bell-shaped body and large loop, probably ancient Armenian area, Lake Van, 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal engraved with a grit or net pattern in the base and is quite attractive in hand.
Size: 31 mm. tall and 14 mm...
Interesting and attractive amulet carved and polished in green black stone, very glossy, Mesopotamia Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The amulet drilled at the top as the eyes of the bird, which is standing on a low oval base.
Size: 19-20 mm...
Nice lot of unresearched scaraboid stone seals, Mid-Assyrian period or later 2nd. mill. BC.
Mainly carved with animals. The lot includes seals with wear or minor chips.
Size: c. 16-21 mm. long.
Comes with original ID-cards from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
An far eastern Anatolian stamp seal of a particularly attractive mottled and veined grey-black stone, Middle Assyrian period, 2nd. millenium BC.
The seal carved with Assyrians emblem / standards.
Size: 18 mm. wide. and 13 mm...
Finely preserved scaraboid stamp seal, inspired by Egyptian scarabs, Middle-Assyrian Empire, 15th.-11th. cent. BC.
The scarab of a bifacial style where the upperside is engraved with a vivid Sun motif and the base engraved with two animals.
Size: 19 mm. long and 16 mm. wide and 7 mm...
A lovely rectangular stamp seal with a stylized bird handle, North-West Mesopotamia, 2nd. mill. BC.
The base particularly well-engraved for the stone type and period, with two animals in flight.
Size: 22 mm...
A very interesting large stamp seal with a knob handle, Western Mesopotamian, 1st. mill. BC.
Finely worked and polished seal in a glossy dark stone. The base in engraved with a detailed depiction of a horned animal, crescent above.
Size: 27 mm. tall and 24 mm. wide.
Condition: Very fine, with a surface flake/chip to one side, othervise intact nice patina from use.
This seal was aquired 2002 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below...
A lovely larger stamp seal in form of a stepped Pyramid, Neo-Hittite Kingdoms of the East Anatolia and West Mesopotamia, 1st. mill. BC.
finely carved and pierced at the top in a light brown stone. The top also engraved. The base engraved with a mythical winged animal.
Size: 21 mm x 21 mm. and 14 mm. tall.
Condition: Near Extremely fine, intact with nice patina.
This seal was aquired 2002 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below c...
An attractive round dark green almost black stone seal of the hemispheric form of the Uruk period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The seal is finely polished and carved with a stylized motif that looks a like an insect.
Size: 20 mm. diameter and 11 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with nice even wear and patina from use.
This seal was aquired 2003 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav ...
A fine large stamp seal of rare low cone-shaped form, Northern Mespopotamian, c. 4th. mill. BC.
The seal shows an animal in a artful stylized style.
Size: 29 mm. in diameter and 15 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, almost intact, fine and glossy stone.
This seal was aquired as early as 1988 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massiv...
A fine large oval green stone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period, 4th. mill. BC.
The seal shows a stylized image, probably animalistic forms.
Size: 33 mm. wide and 30 mm. tall and 15 mm. thick.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with nice even wear and patina from use.
This seal was aquired 1995 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gu...
A fine larger blackstone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period, 4th. mill. BC.
The seal shows a horned animal in a strongly archaic style.
Size: 35 mm. wide and 29 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with nice even wear and patina from use.
This seal was aquired 1994 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-...
A scarce large square stamp seal with finely carved handle, Neo-Hittite states of Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, c. 1200-800 BC.
The seal square and carved with a large animal and smaller animal above, there's also a symbol or a bird in the corner and all within a frame.
Unusually large and attractive seal.
Size: 24 mm. x 22 mm. in diameter of the base and 15 mm. tall.
This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-...
A rare and interesting Western Mesopotamian stamp seal, c. 4th. mill. BC
The seal of a gable design that became popular in the 4th. mill. BC. The image is interesting since it shows a Turtle!
Size: 28 mm. wide, 24 mm. tall and 7 mm. thick.
Condition: Very fine, with some wear from extensive use in antiquity, nice patina.
This seal was aquired 1991 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav ...
A rare and interesting Western Mesopotamian stamp seal, Levantine workshop, near Antioch, Achaemenid type, c. 7th.-4th. cent. BC
The seal of a hemispheric design that became popular in the 1st. mill. BC. The image is interesting since it shows a Bull butting left with a bird on it's shoulder, leaf above and unidentiofied object before.
Size: 18 mm. wide, 14 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with some wear.
This seal was aquired 1994 and come...