Auction 38: Fine Ancient Artifacts

A Near Eastern bronze female amulet, Elymais, c. 1st Century BC, depicted nude and resembling fertility figures of the period, with exaggerated facial

A large Bactrian gold ear ornament, c. early 2nd millennium BC, consisting of two pairs of different size balls attached to a long, curved ear wire. L

A pair of Old Babylonian hematite weights, c. 1900 - 1750 BC, both nicely carved in the form of a shell with attractive style and good detail. L: 1.4

A nice Neo-Assyrian chalcedony stamp seal, c. 8th - 7th Century BC, carved from nice translucent stone, the base a worshipper standing before an altar

An Old Babylonian hematite cylinder seal, c. 1900 - 1750 BC, depicting three standing male figures before a winged deity and a lion. L: 2.2 cm. Intact

A nice rectangular black steatite stamp seal, Northern Syria, c. 3rd Millennium BC, the base rectangular and flat with a barrel-shaped handle decorate

A Near Eastern black steatite cylinder seal, Syria - Levante, c. 3rd Millennium BC, divided into two registers, the upper with various trees and plant

A rare silver scroll from the Holy Land, c. 7th - 4th Century BC, well-preserved with Aramaic text visible on all the visible surfaces. L: 1 7/16 in (

A nice Sumerian black steatite stamp seal, 3100 - 2900 BC, the body in the form of a bird with nicely carved detail, longitudal suspension hole throug

An early Near Eastern marble stamp seal strung with Sumerian stone and shell beads. The seal, c. 4th Millennium BC, of pyramidal shape with suspension