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MS in Hebrew on lead, Dead Sea area, 1st c. BC - 1st c. AD., bulla with an archaic Hebrew letter and an illustration the Menorah.

MS in Luwian on red jasper, Neo Hittite states, Syria, 10th-8th c. BC, cursive Hittite hieroglyphs within a circle, pierced for suspension.

Cylinder seal on grey chalcedony, Babylonia, ca. 800-600 BC, 1 seal, h. 3,8 cm, diam 1,3 cm, showing battling animals rampant and a priest standing before an altar with the spade device representing Marduk, and 2 types of styli, a wedge for clay and a stylus for wax.

MS in Neo Sumerian on green stone, Babylonia, 2000-1600 BC, 1 cylinder seal, diam. 1,4x2,9 cm, single column, 4 lines in cuneiform script, with dedication scene.

MS in Neo Sumerian on agate, Babylonia, 2000-1600 BC, 1 red banded cylinder seal, diam. 1,5x3,2 cm, single column, 4 lines in cuneiform script, with dedication scene.

MS  in Old Babylonian on black chlorite, Babylonia, ca. 2000-1800 BC, 3 lines in an extremely fine minute cuneiform script, with the Lamma goddess, from a top quality workshop.

MS in Egyptian on blue faience, Egypt, 1333-1323 BC, 1 oval cartouche shaped stamp seal, signet in a 20th c. gold ring with rich filigree work, 1,5x1,0 cm, 1 line in hieroglyphs.

MS in archaic Egyptian on black stone, Egypt, 1st or 2nd dynasty, ca. 3100-2700 BC, 1 roll seal, h.1,7 cm, diam. 1,6 cm, 1 line of 7 hieroglyphs.

MS in Neo Sumerian on clay, Umma, Sumer, reign of King Ibbi-Sîn, 2029-2004 BC, tetrahedral bulla, in cuneiform script by the scribe Gududu son of Dadaga, with hole for the rope in the middle.

Cylinder seal on black chlorite, Sumer, ca. 31st c. BC, 1 seal, h. 2,8 cm, diam 2,0 cm, showing 2 types of vegetation flax and reed stalks.

MS on black steatite or chlorite, North Syria or Anatolia, 4th millennium BC, 1 rectangular gabled stamp seal, 4,7x5,1x1,3 cm, pierced through.

MS on speckled dark-olive steatite or chlorite, North Syria/Iraq/Iran, 5th-4th millennium BC, 1 circular stamp seal, diam. 8,4x1,3 cm, pierced through.