Ancient cylinder seals and more
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Syrian black stone, likely steatite, gable shaped stamp seal from the Archaic Period, early Second Millennium BC, featuring a stylized running ibex or antelope. This seal has a bi-directional drill hole through the top of the gable and measures 18 mm x 13 mm square and 5 mm at the highest point.
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Syrian black stone, likely steatite, rectangular stamp seal from the Archaic Period, early Second Millennium BC. It featured a geometric pattern of crossed lines. This seal has a bi-directional drill hole through the handle at the top and measures 17 mm x 14 mm square and 8 mm mm height.
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Syrian black stone, likely steatite, round, dome shaped stamp seal from the Archaic Period, early Second Millennium BC. It features a stylized eye and face pattern. This seal has a bi-directional drill hole through the top of the dome and measures 11 mm in diameter and 10 mm height.
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Syrian black stone, likely steatite, pyramid or gable shaped stamp seal from the Archaic Period, early Second Millennium BC. It features a pattern of lines at various angles, likely representing stylized plants or perhaps birds. This seal has a bi-directional drill hole through the top of the gable and measures 18 mm x 11 mm square and 10 mm in height.
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Syrian black stone, likely steatite, triangle shaped stamp seal from the Archaic Period, early Second Millennium BC. It features a stylized bird. This seal has a bi-directional drill hole through the knob handle and with each side of the triangle base measuring 15 mm and 9 mm in height.
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Mottled black stone rectangular stamp seal from Western Anatolia dating from the Second Millennium BC. Engraved on two sides with an image of a standing human figure on one side and a stylized animal on the other. This seal has a bi-directional drill hole through the long axis and measures 10 mm x 20 mm x 5 mm.
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Mottled black stone rectangular stamp seal from Western Anatolia, dating from the Second Millennium BC. Engraved on four sides with stylized standing human figures on the two wider sides and a star pattern and an indistinguishable pattern on the two smaller sides. This seal has a bi-directional drill hole through the long axis and measures 12 mm x 20 mm x 8 mm.
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Gable shaped small stamp seal from the Second or early First Millennium BC Levant. This black stone, likely hematite, seal has a pattern of parallel lines. It has a bi-directional drill hole through the top of the gable and measures 10 mm x 15 mm x 10 mm.
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An interesting collection of five unusually small Levantine seals, dating to the late Second or early First Millennium BC. These are likely from the same workshop and represent the most basic, even crude examples of seals for everyday use by common people. These pyramid shaped seals are of black steatite and have square impression bases. They all have bi-directional drill holes through the top of the pyramid to allow for suspension. Three are engraved with images of animals, plants and a cross or star. Two are unengraved. The range in size from 12 to 15 mm in height.