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Seal of the Companions of the Cave (Seal of the Seven Sleepers) (recto), Seal of Qur'anic Healing (Muhr Shifa') (verso) folio 79 from an An`am-i Sharif

Seal of the Companions of the Cave (Seal of the Seven Sleepers) (recto), Seal of Qur'anic Healing (Muhr Shifa') (verso) folio 79 from an An`am-i Sharif

Ottoman

A Japanese woman in a bent dance pose gracefully thrusts forward a long white peony stem.

Shakkyō Dance, from the series Patterns for Collage Pictures (Oshi-e-gata), 1762 - 1819

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

A frowning man with furrowed eyebrows lunges forward looking to the right.

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō), 1839 - 1892

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

A metal, human like head with two straight horns projecting from the top.

Anthropomorphic Head with Horns

Iranian

Breaking of the Fifth and Sixth Seals

Breaking of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Cylinder seal with standing human figure

Cylinder seal with standing human figure

Anatolian

Gable stamp seal with bulls' heads

Gable stamp seal with bulls' heads

Anatolian

Cylinder seal with criss-cross design

Cylinder seal with criss-cross design

Anatolian

Conoidal stamp seal with rectangular face

Conoidal stamp seal with rectangular face

Anatolian

Conical seal with criss-cross design

Conical seal with criss-cross design

Anatolian

Scaraboid stamp seal with stylized motif

Scaraboid stamp seal with stylized motif

Anatolian

Steatite cylinder seal with diamond shapes

Steatite cylinder seal with diamond shapes

Anatolian

Gabled Stamp Seal with Two Quadrupeds

Gabled Stamp Seal with Two Quadrupeds

Anatolian

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Stooping Youth

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Stooping Youth

Cypriot

Intaglio Bead Seal with Draped Figure

Intaglio Bead Seal with Draped Figure

Sasanian

Squat Cylinder Seal with Winged Animals

Squat Cylinder Seal with Winged Animals

Minoan

An intaglio object made of chalcedony. The warm off-white object is oval in shape with some pointed edges along the top and bottom. There are long, vertical carved lines that intersect with shorter horizontal lines. There is space on the right side that has been blurred from time.

Stamp Seal: Worshipper and Divine Symbols

Neo-Babylonian

Cylinder Seal: Lion, Stag and Dog

Cylinder Seal: Lion, Stag and Dog

Sumerian

Cylinder Seal: Bull and Winged Gate

Cylinder Seal: Bull and Winged Gate

Near Eastern

Amuletic Seal with Six Small Scarabs

Amuletic Seal with Six Small Scarabs

Egyptian

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