Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

Early Sumerian, 2500-2334 BC. A serpentine cylinder seal with frieze of two combat scenes, each a standing human figure tackling a rearing stag wi...

5th century BC. A red speckled stone cylinder seal with frieze of a squatting female figure facing to the front and holding a pair of long horned ...

3rd millennium BC. A white marble cylinder seal with geometric design; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, lat...

2nd millennium BC. A haematite cylinder seal with profile standing kilted figure holding a mace and a khopesh facing a nude figure with lines exte...

5th century BC. An agate cylinder seal with frieze depicting a winged lion with standing male figure in kilt and headdress thrusting spear into ch...

15th-12th century BC. A white glazed composition cylinder seal; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Profe...

1st millennium BC. A red-brown limestone cylinder seal, pierced through the centre; engraved with a large building with four towers and a central ...

19th-17th century BC. A carnelian cylinder seal with frieze of a king with a mace confronting two standing figures in flounced robes, three column...

23rd century BC. A white chalcedony cylinder seal with contest scenes; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, lat...

Sargonic Period, 23rd-21st century BC. A schist cylinder seal with engraved frieze of a seated deity wearing a horned headdress and holding moon a...

3rd millennium BC. A large dark green agate cylinder seal with contest scene comprising two rampant animals each being stabbed by a standing male ...

21st century BC. A serpentine cylinder seal with contest scene; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Profe...

2nd millennium BC. A steatite cylinder seal with scene of a seated figure in tall headdress confronted by a kneeling bovine bird and kilted handle...

Akkadian, 23rd-22nd century BC. A granite cylinder seal with contest scene among humans and rearing beasts. 11 grams, 27mm (1"). Property of a L...

2nd millennium BC. A haematite bottle-shaped cylinder seal with biconvex loop above a facetted collar, columnar body with design of figures and be...

19th-16th century BC. A mottled red stone cylinder seal with three lines of cuneiform, standing goddess in long robes and horned crown, lunar cres...

Akkadian, 23rd-22nd century BC. A limestone cylinder seal with frieze depicting the god Enlil seated in a barque with water emitting from his shou...

934-610 BC. A banded agate cylinder seal engraved with figure of standing king in long robes and crown holding a rearing lion, dagger held in hand...

7th-6th century BC. A glass cylinder seal with bronze wire insert, standing robed figure with hands extended towards a rearing beast, winged gryph...

Later 3rd millennium BC. A large serpentine cylinder seal with two contest scenes between beast-men and rearing animals, three columns of cuneifor...

24th-22nd century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal with a motif of a deity seated on a throne in a structure, four quadruples in front of him;...

Sargonic Period, 23rd-21st century BC. A haematite cylinder seal with a standing naked male with female in front, arms raised in worship, panel wi...

23rd-22nd century BC. A banded agate cylinder seal with judgement scene; the water-god Enki seated confronts a human flanked by robed and bearded ...

2nd millennium BC. A hard chalk cylinder seal with design of a facing female holding two T-shaped staves with flanking worshippers in hatched garm...

8th-7th century BC. A rectangular obsidian amuletic pendant, with rounded corners and a perforated flange for suspension, the obverse with an inci...

Dated 2027 BC. A clay pillow-shaped messenger tablet from an important palace archive of the Sumerian city Iri-Sa?rig, dated to 2027 BC, with cune...

5th-4th century BC. A domed chalcedony seal with intaglio scene of a horseman on a galloping steed with raised spear engaging a charging boar. Ac...

2nd-7th century AD. A group of seven rock crystal stamp seal each engraved on the domed body with a series of circles, to the base: two with a cre...

3rd-7th century AD. A cuboid haematite stamp seal with integral biconvex loop, intaglio image to the four lateral faces of a horse, bird, rabbit(?...

6th century AD. A ceramic personal bulla impression with a horseman dressed in armour holding a raised spear, Pahlavi inscription in two lines of ...

3rd-7th century AD. A large jasper stamp seal, discoid in plan with domed upper face and ridged centre, intaglio opposed busts within a segmented ...

6th century AD. A ceramic personal bulla impression with a horseman dressed in armour holding a raised spear, Pahlavi inscription in one line of l...

1st millennium BC. A dome-shaped stone stamp seal engraved to the underside with the figure of a frog with legs splayed and crescent shapes to eit...

224-651 AD. A speckled red stone stamp seal engraved to the underside with two busts of youths wearing cloaks, with inscription to the border. 5...

3rd-7th century AD. A large silver stamp seal with looped tripod handle; flat oval body engraved with the image of a standing male with bird head,...

224-651 AD. A large carnelian stamp seal, domed body engraved with chevron pattern and sunburst around the central hole; underside engraved with e...

2nd millennium BC. A carved serpentine vase, conical in profile with flared rim; frieze of a standing kilted god or hero with horned headdress and...

4th century BC. A silver bowl decorated with repoussé decoration with frieze of palmettes to the rim; below a repeating frieze of bearded male fig...

3rd-6th century AD. A hemispherical silver bowl with ribbed reverse and central incised figure of an adorned walking deer. 314 grams, 20cm (8")....

5th century BC. A large silver phiale mesomphalos with remains of erased inscription around the inside of the rim, intersecting bulbous petals to ...

6th-4th century BC. A gold cup with slightly tapering body and turned flat rim, plain collar to the top with repoussé ridged body; rounded base wi...

19th century AD. A gold hoop of D-section twisted gold rods, knop shoulders, discoid bezel with twisted silver wire fillet, inset banded onyx cabo...

Early 1st millennium BC. A gold figure of a standing male antelope, head turned to the right, horns curving round ears; legs together and short ta...

6th-4th century BC. A tabular banded agate bead, pierced through the middle and mounted in a gold frame. 13 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Private collec...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. Three large gold roundel or appliqué with flat circular base, roped border and applied cones, restrung into a choker length...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of gold and blue glass beads with gold and garnets pendant. 16 grams, 49cm (19 1/4"). From the collection...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of carnelian and lapis lazuli beads; gold pendant with facetted sides, flower to the base. 63 grams, 50cm...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A large gold roundel or appliqué with flat circular base, roped border and applied cones, restrung into a choker length of ...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of rounded or tabular carnelian beads, some 'etched' with sunburst, flower and star patterns. 63 gram...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of assorted carnelian beads, pendant shapes, rounded, oblate, bicone and roughly facetted; modern clasp. ...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of facetted, rounded and tabular banded carnelian and agate beads, with six modern gold openwork beads; mod...

Early 1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of lenticular bicone disc beads of carnelian and silver, to the top two gold cone disc beads and four...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of quartz crystal beads consisting of round, facetted and lozenge shapes. 86 grams, 57cm (22 1/2"). P...

1st millennium BC. A pair of restrung blue agate rounded oval bead bracelets; modern clasps. 125 grams total, 21cm (8 1/4"). Private collection,...

5th-4th century BC. A matched pair of gold hoop earrings, each a square-section penannular shank with facetted lozengiform cell and hardstone inse...

1st millennium AD. A round-section penannular rod with collared cell and turquoise insert, six openwork knops, applied wire coiled about the shank...

3rd-6th century AD. An ovoid bronze dish with incised image of an advancing gryphon beneath a rosette. See Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 196...

1st millennium BC. A small bronze cauldron with domed underside, repoussé flange below the rim, two lateral D-shaped pierced suspension lobes; inc...

2nd millennium BC. A heavy bronze statuette of a standing bull with head raised, prominent horns, pellet eyes. 731 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Ex Bonham...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a male(?) worshipper with hands raised in prayer, flat face with prominent nose and wide circular eyes, head...