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Cylinder Seal

Cylinder Seal

Neo-Babylonian

Scarab Seal

Scarab Seal

Egyptian

Scarab Seal

Scarab Seal

Egyptian

Scarab Seal

Scarab Seal

Egyptian

Stamp Seal

Stamp Seal

Neo-Babylonian

Cylinder Seal

Cylinder Seal

Near Eastern

Seal Blank

Seal Blank

Chinese

Seal Blank

Seal Blank

Chinese

SMALL SEAL

SMALL SEAL

Chinese

Stamp Seal: Walking Lion

Stamp Seal: Walking Lion

Achaemenid

Cylinder Seal: Figures Flanking a Tree

Cylinder Seal: Figures Flanking a Tree

Hurrian

Tablet Case with Inscription and Multiple Seal Impressions

Tablet Case with Inscription and Multiple Seal Impressions

Mesopotamian

An intaglio hematite object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with an image of a seated man with an arm bent up in front of him. He has a beard and is wearing a long skirt. There is an engraved circle with a star in it next to him.

Cylinder Seal: Presentation Scene

Mesopotamian

Landscape

Landscape, 1908 - 2002

Chapming Pang (Peng Ximing) 彭襲明

Dragon and Tiger

Dragon and Tiger, 1784 - 1837

Yokoyama Kazan

Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge

Chinese

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

An octopus creature is wrapped around a large white spere floating on the water.

Paper Nautilus

Japanese

Solomon Enthroned with Angels, Beasts, and Demons (painting, verso; Shi'a seals, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Solomon Enthroned with Angels, Beasts, and Demons (painting, verso; Shi'a seals, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Both sides of an irregularly shaped gold coin with relief decoration on each side.　

Aureus of Tiberius, Lugdunum, r. 14-37 CE

Tiberius

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