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item #1484442
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$165.00
$165.00
An interesting and probably emblematic carving on a Bifacial rectangular seal, found Near Antioch (Western Mesopotamia and present day easternmost Turkey), dating c. 4th. millenium BC.
Finely carved in dark greenish stone.
Size: 18 x 12 mm. and 18 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994...
Finely carved in dark greenish stone.
Size: 18 x 12 mm. and 18 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994...
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item #1486196
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$125.00
$125.00
Interesting West-Mesopotamian stamp seal, bifacial amuletic type, Uruk period c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The drill-carved seal with human and animal on either side. Quite attractive!
Size: 20 x 17mm.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Comes with ID card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
The drill-carved seal with human and animal on either side. Quite attractive!
Size: 20 x 17mm.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Comes with ID card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
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item #1475983
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$295.00
$295.00
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...
The seal was reportedly found at 'Amúg Ebene' in ancient North-Western Mesopotamia, present day Turkey, close to the ancient city of Antioch...
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item #1478036
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$325.00
$325.00
A fine large black serpentine stamp seal of scarce round form, Mesopotamia, Ubaid-Uruk period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The seal is carved with a fine angled cross motif with triangular forms (arrow-points or wedges) in each field, all a high relief. It has a low pierced handle on the back.
Diameter: 31 mm. and 10 mm...
The seal is carved with a fine angled cross motif with triangular forms (arrow-points or wedges) in each field, all a high relief. It has a low pierced handle on the back.
Diameter: 31 mm. and 10 mm...
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item #1486531
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$325.00
$325.00
Interesting and massive stamp seal in fossilized shell or the like, and carved with a large capride with long horns on the base. Hemispheric shape and drill-carving of the later Uruk period, c. 3300-2800 BC.
Very attractive and impressive in the rough shell material, quite dense and heavy.
Size: 40 mm. in diameter and 17 mm...
Very attractive and impressive in the rough shell material, quite dense and heavy.
Size: 40 mm. in diameter and 17 mm...
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item #1405544
Rare Anatolian (costal region) stone seal with handle and a depiction of a Ram or Goat, Neo-Hittite States, 1st. millenium BC.
Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details. The Goat is a symbol or personification of the storm god in the Hititte Pantheon.
Height 16 mm., the square seal-plate, 17,5 x 16,5 mm.
Condition: Superb.
Ex. Important German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards...
Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details. The Goat is a symbol or personification of the storm god in the Hititte Pantheon.
Height 16 mm., the square seal-plate, 17,5 x 16,5 mm.
Condition: Superb.
Ex. Important German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards...
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item #1447459
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$195.00
$195.00
A wonderful small collection of 10 handpicked superb larger quartz beads, Greco-Bactrian Empire, ca. 2nd. cent. BC-1st. AD.
Interesting and rare selection of 10 beads from Bactria, Balkh Area, made during the Greco-Bactrian Empire and with remnants of later dying in Cobalt and torquise during the Islamic Dynasties, 9th.-10th. century AD...
Interesting and rare selection of 10 beads from Bactria, Balkh Area, made during the Greco-Bactrian Empire and with remnants of later dying in Cobalt and torquise during the Islamic Dynasties, 9th.-10th. century AD...
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item #1484855
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$295.00
$295.00
A very nice lot of three stamp seals, two in calchedony and 1 in haematite, all in perfect condition, Neo-Assyrian / Babylonian period of Mesopotamia, 9th.-7th. cent. BC.
Wonderful seals in one lot, all engraved with variations of the star and crescent moon, symbol of Assur and Sin...
Wonderful seals in one lot, all engraved with variations of the star and crescent moon, symbol of Assur and Sin...
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item #1476156
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$435.00
$435.00
A lovely extra large stamp seal Bifacial figural type in black steatite or chlorite, c. 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.
The seal is disc-shaped and carved with a fierce predator, probably a Lion, on one side and with a Deer standing by a stylized tree and pierced from above with a long spear.
Size: 37 mm. wide and 7 mm. thick - impres...
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 disc-shaped and carved with a fierce predator, probably a Lion, on one side and with a Deer standing by a stylized tree and pierced from above with a long spear.
Size: 37 mm. wide and 7 mm. thick - impres...
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item #1489826
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$285.00
$285.00
Interesting and massive cylinder seal in a beige-white attractive stone, Mesopotamia, probably 2nd. millenium BC, provincial manifacture.
A rare depiction of a seated main deity or king at the table and a servant or lesser deity in front. A large fish is placed on the table and there's a three below and a crescent above.
Size: 38 mm. tall and 15 mm. wide.
Condition: Fair to fine, large chip below and small above, othervise wery sharp with nice high relief.
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A rare depiction of a seated main deity or king at the table and a servant or lesser deity in front. A large fish is placed on the table and there's a three below and a crescent above.
Size: 38 mm. tall and 15 mm. wide.
Condition: Fair to fine, large chip below and small above, othervise wery sharp with nice high relief.
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item #1472524
A fine large cylinder seal of the early Jemdet Nasr barrel shaped design, Mesopotamia, 3300-2900 BC. The seal is carved in a hard and dense material either a marple type or perhaps shell (?).
Seal very large for the period and craved with a fine grit-pattern and concenthric lines at each end. A string-carved round line at one side would have been made in antiquity.
Size: 31 mm. tall and 20 mm. thick.
Condition: VF and intact, string-carved line at one side fro...
Seal very large for the period and craved with a fine grit-pattern and concenthric lines at each end. A string-carved round line at one side would have been made in antiquity.
Size: 31 mm. tall and 20 mm. thick.
Condition: VF and intact, string-carved line at one side fro...
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item #1490340
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A high quality and massive Mesopotamian cylinder seal carved in dark serpentine stone, North-West Mesopotamia, c. 18th.-16th. century BC.
The seal is profusely engraved with a complex depiction of deities and animals. A central godess is sort of flying with her hands touching two creatures above. A worshipper in front with hands raised. Aray of animals and smaller figures including a Centaur below.
Size: 44-45 mm. tall. and 15 mm. wide.
Condition: Near Extremely...
The seal is profusely engraved with a complex depiction of deities and animals. A central godess is sort of flying with her hands touching two creatures above. A worshipper in front with hands raised. Aray of animals and smaller figures including a Centaur below.
Size: 44-45 mm. tall. and 15 mm. wide.
Condition: Near Extremely...
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item #1476226
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$285.00
$285.00
An attractive large Phoenician stamp seal of a scaraboid form, dating to c. 800 BC.
The seal carved in a in a nice marble stone and engraved with an interesting image of a god carying a crocodile and a bird or snake in each hand.
Size: 20 mm. long and 16 mm. broad and 11 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with light wear.
This seal was aquired 1993 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenan...
The seal carved in a in a nice marble stone and engraved with an interesting image of a god carying a crocodile and a bird or snake in each hand.
Size: 20 mm. long and 16 mm. broad and 11 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with light wear.
This seal was aquired 1993 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenan...
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item #1484549
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A scarce larger stamp seal, with precise finding place near the ancient city of Antioch, and dating to the Mesopotamian Halaf period, Neolithic, c. 6th.-5th. millenium BC.
Interesting very early stamp seal of a triangular shape that almost looks like flat-iron. with pierced handle.
Size: 31 mm long and 20 mm. wide, 15 mm. tall.
Condition: Very fine and intact, with minor corrosion and deposits.
Comes with imprint and original Id card.
Proven...
Interesting very early stamp seal of a triangular shape that almost looks like flat-iron. with pierced handle.
Size: 31 mm long and 20 mm. wide, 15 mm. tall.
Condition: Very fine and intact, with minor corrosion and deposits.
Comes with imprint and original Id card.
Proven...
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item #1486190
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$225.00
$225.00
Attractive seal carved in the hemispheric-dome shape in a greenish-black hardstone, Early Achaemenid c. 7th.-5th. cent BC.
The seal engraved in the base with a fancy bird, probably a Peacock, which was a much favored bird among the Persians.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Size: 16 x 15 mm.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection ...
The seal engraved in the base with a fancy bird, probably a Peacock, which was a much favored bird among the Persians.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Size: 16 x 15 mm.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection ...
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item #1476923
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$285.00
$285.00
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. Gustav Oberländer specialized i...
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. Gustav Oberländer specialized i...
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item #1469815
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$150.00
$150.00
An interesting gable stamp seal with the Zig-zag engraving that has been interpreted by scolars in seals as an early representation of a Scorpio, Anatolia or Syria, c. 4th. millenium BC.
Finely polished and engraved, rectangular with a clear gable form. Drilled.
Size: 21 x 19 mm.
Condition: Good Very fine for the type, with a nice patina, uncleaned deposits.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important coll...
Finely polished and engraved, rectangular with a clear gable form. Drilled.
Size: 21 x 19 mm.
Condition: Good Very fine for the type, with a nice patina, uncleaned deposits.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important coll...
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item #1484202
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$175.00
$175.00
A superb condition beige hardstone stamp seal, Cilicia / Levante, c. 1200-800 BC.
The seal expertly carved and polished into it's present perfect pyramidal shape and carved in the base with a bird. Beautiful stone used.
Size: 16 mm tall and 13 mm. wide.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2007. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), O...
The seal expertly carved and polished into it's present perfect pyramidal shape and carved in the base with a bird. Beautiful stone used.
Size: 16 mm tall and 13 mm. wide.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2007. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), O...