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Mesopotamian stone seal
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Pre AD 1000 item# 821850 (stock#W4)
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A button-shaped grey/green stone stamp seal decorated with an abstract pattern.
Mesopotamia, 5th or 4th Millennium BC
Extensively worn, the suspension hole on the back has almost entirely eroded.
Size: 2.7 x 0.9 cms.
Ex. Astarte Gallery, London, W1. Acquired 1980's.
This item is offered in accordance with international and national laws regulating the trade in Iraqi cultural goods and has been cleared for sale by the British Museum.
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Amethyst seal with lion and griffin design
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Pre AD 1000 item# 810126 (stock#W33)
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UK Pounds - £325
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A very fine hemispherical seal carved from a piece of translucent amethyst crystal.
The seal is decorated with a complex janiform figure consisting of the conjoined and inverted fore-parts of a lion and a winged griffin. When the seal is turned upside down, the front-parts of one animal become the rear-parts of the other.
Achaemenid, c. 4th Century BC
Intact
Size: 1.2 x 0.75 cms
Ex. private collection, Winchester, UK. Acquired mid 20th Century.
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Sassanian agate stamp seal
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Pre AD 1000 item# 794502 (stock#W3)
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UK Pounds - £75.00
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A stamp seal carved from chalcedony or milky agate. The seal is decorated with a stylised bird facing the ground, but when the seal is rotated 90 degrees, the figure takes on the appearance of a standing draped man.
Iran, Sassanian, c. 5th Century AD
Size: 2 x 1.2 cms.
Very small chip from the edge of the seal, otherwise intact.
Ex. private collection, Winchester, UK. Acquired during the 1970's or 1980's.
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Mesopotamian double-sided seal
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Pre AD 1000 item# 720173 (stock#W24)
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UK Pounds - £60.00
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A dark grey steatite amuletic seal with two sides, each one decorated with a striding quadruped.
Mesopotamia, 3rd Millennium BC
Size: 1.8 x 1.3 cms.
General wear and some chips to the sides.
Ex. Astarte Gallery, Grosvenor Square, London. Acquired during the 1970's or 1980's.
We do not and will not trade in antiquities from the region of Mesopotamia which are not fully compliant with current UN sanctions. This item was a UK property prior to the first Gulf War.
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Jemdet Nasr calcite head amulet
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Pre AD 1000 item# 714909 (stock#W12)
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UK Pounds - £90.00
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A small calcite amulet in the form of a stylised human head wearing a flat circular head-dress.
The amulet is pierced through the top and back of the head so that it could be worn via a vertical suspension loop.
Southern Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr culture, c. 3300-2900 BC
Intact as shown in the photographs.
Size: 1.4 x 1.2 cms
Ex. Astarte Gallery, Grosvenor Square, London. Acquired during the 1970's or 1980's.
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