A scarce triangular stamp seal, carved in a fine red jasper stone with a grit-pattern in the base, probably 2nd. mill. BC.

Though the motif of the grit pattern points to a pre-historic dating, the choice of stone and the shape and polishing of this seal, probably makes the seal much later, made up in the 2nd. mill. BC.

Condition: Good Very fine.

Size: 18 x 13 mm. and 13 mm...

Interesting stamp seal with winged animal in a lovely dark green stone, dome shaped, Anatolia/Mesopotamian local style, probably around early 1st. mill. BC.

Finely carved and polished. Described as Hittite c. 1600 BC, in the collection, we think it's somewhat later due to the shape which reminds of the Neo-Assyrian style of the 1st. mill...

Interesting and rare choice of an orange stone for a tabloid seal, North-West Mesopotamia, Uruk, 2nd. half of 4th. mill. BC.

The seal engraved with a basket shape with a heering pattern, pierced.

Size: 20 x 19 mm.

Condition: Choice Very fine, some wear and deposits.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994...

A larger for type Late Roman - Byzantine bronze bell, 4th.-8th. century AD.

Heavy walls and with finely patinated surface with green-brown patina. Very nice sound and would have been used for religious purposes.

Size: 8,3 cm. tall and 7 cm. wide, weighing 228 grams.

Ex. Private Collection, aquired before 1980.

A nice early cylinder seal in cream stone, Greater Mesopotamia, early 2nd. mill. BC.

Size: 23 mm. long.

Ex. Old German Private Collection.

A fine Anatolian stamp seal in the Uruk style of the 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

A finely engraved hemispheriod seal, with a stylized animal in the base in deep relief.

Size: 20 mm. in diameter and 13 mm...

A socketed bronze Javelin, Eastern Caspian Sea region, dating to 1st mill BC.

A fine late socketed Javelin for throwing, Assyrian-Achaemenid period. Attractive javelin with rounded shoulders and a defined central midrib. The socket about two thirds of the total lenght of c. 17 cm.

Condition: Very fine. Beautiful reddish patina.

Ex. Private Collection in Denmark, formed in the 1990's.

Interesting seal carved in a hard black stone, likely Serpentine with a handle, 4th.-2nd. millenium BC.

The seal in engraved with what looks like ancient scriptsigns, but it needs further research.

Size: 25 mm.

Condition: Very fine and intact with nice ancient wear overall.

Ex German Collection from Hessen, aquired before 1970.

Very rare smaller stamp seal with the handle carved as a stylized animal head and the seal base into three round compartements, each containing an animal, Western Mesopotamia, c. 2nd. mill. BC.

Size: 15 mm. tall and 13 mm...

Interesting gable seal, probably North-Mesopotamian, 4th. millenium BC.

The seal engraved with a finely carved filled cross, elongated in form...

A nicely engraved steatite stone scarab, Egypt New Kingdom, c. 1539–1075 BC.

Stylized with incised features such as the clypeus, prothorax and elytra marked by single lines. Decorated to the reverse with stylised geometric swirls and loop patterns. The amulet is pierced longitudinally for suspension.

Size: 16 mm...

A set of two stamp seals with animal and Nisa Emblem, Sassanian, 4th.-6th. century AD

Beautiful Hemaetite stones used.

Size: ca. 14 mm. and 12 mm in diameter.

Condition: Choice, light chips to the emblem seal.

Ex. Austrian private Collection, ca. 1970.

A nice and rare pottery lamp of a late Roman / Byzantine type, with inscriptions on the body, ca. 5th.-7th. century AD.

Interesting and intact lamp with only minor wear and small chips.

Size: 9 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact.

Private US Collection 1974-1994.

The seal is carved in rock-crystal and is very attractive, Sasanian, ca. 3rd.-6th. century AD.

The base of this hemispheric seal is engraved with a firealter that gives a very high relief impression in wax.

Size: 16 mm. wide.

Condition: Very fine and intact.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

Massive and very attractive Roman Imperial Period bronze mirror, ca. 1st. century BC.

Impressive mirror with a completely glossy black patina, very large and with one smooth, polished face and one face with concentric lathe-turned ring along the rim where the mirror is very thick.

Size: 14 cm. in diameter, so large for these!

Condition: Choice, one of a kind black-green enamel patina.

Ex...

Attractive and interesting bronze seal where a Lion is fighting a Bull with long horns, Neo-Babylonian c. 8th.-6th. century BC.

The seal is round and looks to have been made without handle or drill.

Size: 17 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Very fine, intact with much patina!

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2002. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint! Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired...

A beautiful seal, carved in greyish stone with a knob handle, Western Asia, Neo-Hittite states, c. 1200-700 BC

Triangular seal plate, engraved with a springing 4-legged animal, scorpion below and another animal above!

Diameter: 18-19 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.

Reff. See Ashmolean collection AN1914.53 for a similar style seal, attributed to Syria.

An extralarge bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate floral design, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal depicting a flower with petals in the openwork style.

The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943....