Seals - Middle East - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Rare mesopotamian cylinder seal
The large seal with highly stylized scene is from the Second Dynasty of Isin. It stands at the beginning of Iron Age in Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestCylinder seal from the Uruk periodSeal of beautiful white marble. It shows a frieze of highly stylized water creatures.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealThe long seal is engraved with a highly stylized scene in linear design. A quadruped is reared by a lion. From Early Bronze Age of Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestOld Assyrian cylinder seal from AnatoliaInteresting seal with religious scene. From an Old Assyrian trade outpost in Anatolia. It shows a god on a throne with goat feet.
Price: on requestCylinder seal from Old Assyrian trade outpostWonderful example for the style of the Old Assyrian trade colonies in Anatolia. Well-known from Kültepe Level II. It shows a fighting scene between hero and bull man. Around 1900 BC.
Price: on requestRare iranian cylinder sealSeal with mythological creatures in near perfect condition. From the late 3rd Millennium BC.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with cuneiform inscriptionWorship scene for a god. Mention of the Babylonian gods of storm, moon and sun in the inscription.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with cuneiform inscriptionWorship scene for a god. Mention of moon god Sîn and Aya, wife to the sun god, in the inscription. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder seal with sun godThe seal from Old Babylonian times is superbly engraved and shows a scene with the Babylonian sun god Shamash who is known from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder sealThis Old Babylonian seal with a worship scene is made from lapis lazuli, a very rare choice for this period.
Price: on requestRare cylinder seal with Old Babylonian and Old Assyrian engravingsThis seal from Old Babylon has been reworked in Old Assyrian style, probably in Anatolia or Northern Syria. It tells a story of political and cultural diversity in the ancient Near East.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal for IpqatumStunning historical document with three columns of cuneiform inscription naming the original owner and the Babylonian storm god Adad.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian Cylinder Seal for Aham-arshiFantastic private seal with a rare depiction of the god Amurru. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestElamite cylinder seal for Aham-LurshiEngraved in fine detail and well preserved. Scene with three gods. Three columns of cuneiform inscription name the owner Aham-Lurshi. Approx. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder sealWonderful seal with winged hybrid beasts. It was made in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the first real empire in history.
Price: on requestElamite cylinder seal for Shuk-KukuFantastic seal carved out of amethyst. It shows his owner Shuk-Kuku with the goddess Ninsianna. Five columns of Elamite cuneiform inscription frame the scene.
Price: on requestEarly Old Babylonian cylinder sealCylinder seal made of black rock. It bears a religious scene dating shortly prior to or right at the beginnings of Old Babylonia.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealWhite cylinder seal dating to the Akkadian period. A mythological scene is engraved into the cylindrical body.
Price: on requestCylinder Seal from the late Uruk periodSmall seal made of appealing igneous rock. The engraved wave pattern is typical for the late Uruk period of Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder sealThe seal made of blue frit shows mythological creatures. 7th cent. BC.
Price: on requestCylinder seal with god of the moon and inscriptionCylindrical seal with religious scene and inscription from the Third Dynasty of Ur. A worshipper is lead to the god of the moon Sin.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealSeal made of white stone with depiction of scorpions. Late Uruk to early Jamdat Nasr period.
Price: on requestCylinder seal with wrestling sceneStunning white seal made of shell. Mesopotamian Early Dynastic Period III.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder seal with hunting sceneThe frit cylinder seal depicts a hunter with bow and arrow pursuing a cow. A description and dating by assyriologist Prof. Mayer-Opificius is present.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder seal with hunting sceneThe glazed clay seal depicts a hunter with large bow pursuing a caprid. A description and dating by assyriologist Prof. Mayer-Opificius is present.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder seal with preserved bronze settingFantastic and rare example for a cylinder seal in its original setting. From the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III in the 8th cent. BC.
Price: on requestNeo-Babylonian stamp seal with religious sceneNicely facetted seal made of bright chalcedony. It shows a man in front of the gods Marduk, Nabu and Ishtar. Typical and well documented depiction from the 6th cent. BC.
Price: on requestNeo-Babylonian stamp seal with religious sceneConical seal made of snowy chalcedony. The scene shows a praying man in front of an altar or symbols for the gods Ishtar and Shamash. Canonical piece for an educational collection.
Price: on requestAnatolian porphyry stamp sealBasic shape of a four sided pyramid. Made of wonderful intensely red stone. Middle Bronze Age of Anatolia.
Price: on requestWestern Asiatic button seal with scorpionInteresting button shaped seal from the time of the ancient Assyrian trade settlements in Syria and Anatolia. 19th to 18th cent. BC. From the Dr. Langenkamp collection, with a scientific note from Prof. Mayer-Opificius.
Price: on requestWestern Asiatic button seal with haresInteresting button shaped seal from the time of the ancient Assyrian trade settlements in Syria and Anatolia. 19th to 18th cent. BC. From the Dr. Langenkamp collection, with a scientific note from Prof. Mayer-Opificius.
Price: on requestHellenistic cylinder sealRare seal from hellenistic times. Depicting three standing figures. 350 to 100 BC.
Price: on requestMitanni cylinder sealNice seal with wave design and griffins. 2nd Millenium BC. From a museum collection.
Price: on requestEarly Elamite cylinder seal from a museum collectionCompact seal with geometric design from Elam. 3rd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestBabylonian carnelian cylinder sealPrime example made of beautiful orange carnelian. Highly detailed engraved scene with king offering to the weather god Hadad. First half of 2nd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestWestern Iranian bronze stamp sealInteresting bronze seal showing a bird and glyphs. From a collection of Iranian ancient artefacts.
Price: on request