A wonderful large stamp seal with stag and perhaps a young stag below, Anatolia, c. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
A thick seal deeply engraved with a vivid motif in a serpentine stone.
Size: c. 34-35 mm...
A scarce and interesting Cylinder-stamp, found around Antiochia, probably, dating around 2nd. mill. BC, though the collectors dated this seal much earlier (see picture of his ID-cards)...
A collectors lot of 5 stamp seals in different kind of stones incl. serpentine and chlorite, made in semi-autonomous Neo-Hittite states of Syria and Levante, during the Neo-Assyrian period, early 1st. millenium BC.
The seals mostly of the tall pyramid shape, but there's also a 4-side rectangular seal, engraved with symbols on all 4 sides and vertically drilled. Another fine seal is cones-shaped and with a high relief engraving of the base.
Size: Up to 15 mm. max height...
Interesting stamp seal, rectangular and carved in a beige stone, depicting a bird below some lines, Western Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
Size: c. 28 mm. long.
Condition: About Very fine.
The seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card 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...
Interesting North-Mesopotamian type and probably from the Halaf period, although the round shape is rare for this period, we date this 6th.-4th. millenium BC.
Size: 27 mm. in diameter - a substantial seal.
Condition: Very fine, with the top the handle lost to extensive use, othervise attractive...
A banded agate stone seal, polished to a perfect oval scaraboid shape with a slightly pointed center, Neo-Babylonian, c. 8th-6th. century BC.
The stone with particularly nice patterns of multi-layered bands. On the base it's carved with a worshipping priest standing before the alter of the principal deity Marduk.
Size: 20 mm. long and 17 mm. wide...
Seal pendant or amulet, finely carved in a zoomorphic style, as a head of an animal, possibly made to ellude a pigs head, Mesopotamia, Uruk - Jemdet Nasr period, 3500-2900 BC.
A wonderful amulet with refined polished details and a nice archaic grit pattern in the base.
Size: 21-22 mm.
Condition: Extremely fine, highly attractive. Nice patina with deposits...
Nice geomethric design stamp seal, carved in black stone, Eastern most Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, c. 6th.-5th. millenium BC.
The seal carved with a stringent grit-pattern and low pierced handle on the back, almost square.
Size: c. 17-18 mm...
Interesting conoid shaped stamp seal in black stone, probably serpentine, engraved on the base with a deer with large antlers and on the upperside with unidentified engravings...
Very attractive rectangular stamp seal with elaborate rilled handle, Post-Hittite states of West-Mesopotamia, and East Anatolia, later 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal carved with a winged animal.
Size: 19 mm. wide and 17 mm. thick, 13 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice Very fine, intact and with fine patina and much deposits. This seal has potential when manually cleaned for dirt.
Comes with imprint and original Id card.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1...
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. Aquired in 1994.
Provenance: Gustav OberlÃ...
A choice and attractive stamp seal of the late Ubaid period in black serpentine, Northern Mesopotamia, c. 5th.-4th. mill. BC.
Round and thick with a low handle and a complicated cruciform with angles engraved in the base.
Size: 22 in diameter x 15 mm. tall.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable...
A large round or oval black stone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period, 4th. mill. BC.
The seal engraved with a 4-legged animal and with a bird above.
Size: 31 mm. x 29 mm and 8 mm. thick.
Condition: Very fine, intact with much even wear and patina from use.
This seal was aquired 1991 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberlä...
Lovely hemispheric stamp seal with Capride, black stone, Anatolia, c. 4th. mill. BC.
Fine deep relief and quite attractive!
Size: 25 mm. in diameter and 12 mm. tall.
Condition: Good VF.
This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and fr...
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 lovely stamp seal uncleaned and as found, still with dirt in the devices and with uncleaned deposits! Round seal engraved in the base with a Cruciform design and pierced through, Mesopotamian, Late Ubad- Early Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.
Size: 20 mm.
Condition: Good Very fine, small gauge at the back, othervise intact and with great cleaning potential.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection betw...
Interesting stamp seal in a greenish black stone, Anatolia, Neo Hittite states of the late 2nd.-early 1st. millenium BC.
The seal with high pierced handle and oval base, engraved with what appears to be scriptsigns, perhaps Luwian, we're not experts in these.
Size: 22 mm tall and quite massive.
Condition: good Very fine, nicely preserved with fine patina and a sharp imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive...
A beautiful and scarce stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, Western Asia, Hittite period, 2nd. millenium BC.
Triangular seal plate, engraved with what looks to be a sort of script or symbols, looks almost Egyptian in the style, but we're not certain and it should be researched some more. Finely made knob handle with piercing
Length: 27 mm. height c. 12 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine. Even smooth wear and exceptional patina, a really nic...