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Ancient Near Eastern Stone Seal

9g. and 28.4mm x 24.6mm x 7.1mm

Purchased from R. Auctions, Germany in October 2024.

From a Private European Collection

An highly interesting and attractive piece with a beautiful color.

Very rare type.

A stone seal is a small pierced object, carved in reverse (intaglio) and hung on strings of fiber or leather. These often beautiful objects were ubiquitous in the Ancient Near East and remain a unique record of individuals from this era. Each seal was owned by one person and was used and held by them in particularly intimate ways, such as strung on a necklace or bracelet.

When a signature was required, the seal was taken out and pushed on the pliable clay document, leaving behind the positive impression of the reverse images carved into it. However, some seals were valued not for the impression they made, but instead, for the magic they were thought to possess or for their beauty.

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