A group of Mesopotamian duck seals and cylinder seals Circa 3000 B.C.- 300 B.C. Thirteen Late Babylonian hardstone duck seals and duck weights of various materials including chalcedony, banded agate and haematite; a Mesopotamian haematite frog amulet; a Mesopotamian black and white stone recumbent ram, in a modern mount; ten cylinder seals: a small Jemdet Nasr orange agate example, engraved with stylised water creatures; an Akkadian cream and red mottled stone seal engraved with a contest scene; three Late Akkadian black stone cylinders one engraved with 'the winged gate' and a seated god; another showing a worship scene with tree; an Old Babylonian greystone cylinder showing worship of a lunar crescent; an Assyrian greystone cylinder depicting worship of a tree; a Syrian brown stone example with a winged deity holding up a pair of animals flanked by a god and another figure; another Syrian black stone cylinder engraved with a two-headed monster and a pair of animals with combined crescent and solar disc; and an Achaemenid orange and cream agate cylinder engraved with a king holding up two lions; 14mm-29mm, and various Near Eastern hardstone beads and amulets, some not ancient, (a lot)
A group of Mesopotamian duck seals and cylinder seals Circa 3000 B.C.- 300 B.C. Thirteen Late Babylonian hardstone duck seals and duck weights of various materials including chalcedony, banded agate and haematite; a Mesopotamian haematite frog amulet; a Mesopotamian black and white stone recumbent ram, in a modern mount; ten cylinder seals: a small Jemdet Nasr orange agate example, engraved with stylised water creatures; an Akkadian cream and red mottled stone seal engraved with a contest scene; three Late Akkadian black stone cylinders one engraved with 'the winged gate' and a seated god; another showing a worship scene with tree; an Old Babylonian greystone cylinder showing worship of a lunar crescent; an Assyrian greystone cylinder depicting worship of a tree; a Syrian brown stone example with a winged deity holding up a pair of animals flanked by a god and another figure; another Syrian black stone cylinder engraved with a two-headed monster and a pair of animals with combined crescent and solar disc; and an Achaemenid orange and cream agate cylinder engraved with a king holding up two lions; 14mm-29mm, and various Near Eastern hardstone beads and amulets, some not ancient, (a lot)
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