Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern (721)

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 fine cylinder seal carved in the fine hard Hemaetite stone, Neo-Assyrian, 9th.-7th. cent. BC

The seal is of a fine style, engraved with stylized animals in drill style, incl. a scorpion

Size: 18 mm tall and 8 mm. wide.

Condition: Near Extremely fine, fine miniature carving.

This seal was aquired 1994 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection...

Interesting large round seal with a finely made engraving in the base, East-Anatolian, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.

Highly interesting engraving!

Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 13 mm...

Interesting stamp seal of a pyramidal shape, enhgraved with a fine bird in the base, Syro-Hittite, c. 1200-800 BC.

Size: 19 mm. tall and 15 mm wide.

Condition: Extremely fine.

This seal was aquired 2002 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 from old collections...

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...

Interesting Anatolian seal from the Old Hittite to later Hittite period of the 2nd. mill. BC.

The seal finely made with a ribbed handle and a triangular base, carved with a great King holding a Lion in it's tail and stabbing it with a sword or spear.

Size: 23 x 20 mm. and 14 mm...

A finely shaped stamp seal from the Urartu Kingdom of the bell-shaped type but in veined Alabaster, very attractive! Seal is carved with an animal in it's base.

Size: 16 mm. tall. and 9 mm...

A nice large stamp seal carved in green-black stone, West Mesopotamian, 4th.-3th. mill. BC.

An early prototype of the square stamp seal with a tallhandle, later so popular. This seal is engraved with stylized animals in it's base. Interesting´ly, it is also carved with lines and patters on the sides.

Size: 23x 27 mm., 25 mm...

A large and interesting interesting cylinder seal in greyish-black stone, Western Mesopotamia, 4th. millenium BC.

Thre central deities, bulls eyes and a snake!

Size: 27 mm. tall and 15 mm...

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...

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. tall.

Condition: Near Extremely fine, attractive.

This seal was aquired 2003 and comes with original hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: G...

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. Aquired in 1992.

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

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 is carved with a fine symethric motic of triangular forms.

Size: 36 x 19 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine.

This seal was aquired 1994 and ...

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. The seal base below is finely carved with a grit pattern.

Size: 18x16 mm.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine patina.

This seal was aquired 1993 and ...

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.

Condition: Very fine, intact but with some wear around the piercing, hairlines and patina...

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...

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.

Condition: Good Very fine, completely intact and wit...

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. Nanna was associated with cattle, perhaps due to the perceived similarity between bull horns and the crescent moon, which makes perfect sense considering the scene on this ...