1. Carinated half-almond seal Seal Face: 3.49 x 2.11 cm Height: 1.12 cm String Hole: 0.35 cm

Date:

-4000 - -3000
4th millennium B.C. (?)

Geographic region:

Northern Syria or northern Mesopotamia

Time period:

Ubaid-Middle Gawra (?)

Medium:

Chlorite, black

Extent:

Seal Face: 3.49 x 2.11 cm Height: 1.12 cm String Hole: 0.35 cm

2. Carinated lentoid seal Diameter: 2.97 cm Height: 0.75 cm String Hole: 0.4 cm

Date:

-5000 - -3000
5th–4th millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Eastern Anatolia

Time period:

Late Ubaid-Middle Gawra

Medium:

Chlorite or steatite, black

Extent:

Diameter: 2.97 cm Height: 0.75 cm String Hole: 0.4 cm

3. Carinated lentoid seal Seal Face: 2.18 x 2.13 cm Height: 0.82 cm String Hole: 0.3 cm

Date:

-3500 - -3000
ca. 3500–3000 B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran or Mesopotamia

Time period:

Late Uruk (?)

Medium:

Hematite, red

Extent:

Seal Face: 2.18 x 2.13 cm Height: 0.82 cm String Hole: 0.3 cm

4. Carinated ovoid seal Seal Face: 5.23 x 4.69 cm Height: 1.46 cm String Hole: 0.6 cm

Date:

-3600 - -3100
ca. 3600–3100 B.C.

Geographic region:

Northern Syria or southeastern Anatolia

Time period:

Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age

Medium:

Chlorite or steatite, black

Extent:

Seal Face: 5.23 x 4.69 cm Height: 1.46 cm String Hole: 0.6 cm

5. Conoid seal Seal face: 2.10 x 1.96 cm Height: 1.3 cm

Date:

-5000 - -3000
5th–4th millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Northern Syria (?)

Time period:

Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age

Medium:

Chlorite or steatite, black

Extent:

Seal face: 2.10 x 1.96 cm Height: 1.3 cm

6. Conoid seal with pinched apex Seal face: 2.91 x 2.96 cm Height: 1.4 cm String Hole: 0.2 cm

Date:

-3600 - -2900
ca. 3600–2900 B.C.

Geographic region:

Northern Syria or northern Mesopotamia

Time period:

Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr

Medium:

Chlorite or steatite, black

Extent:

Seal face: 2.91 x 2.96 cm Height: 1.4 cm String Hole: 0.2 cm

7. Cylinder Seal

Date:

c. 3200 BC
-3250
-3150

Geographic region:

Iraq
Nippur

Medium:

Soapstone

8. Cylinder Seal

Date:

3000 BC
-3400
-3000

Geographic region:

Iraq
Ur

Medium:

Lapis Lazuli

Extent:

3.3
cm
1.2

9. Cylinder Seal

Date:

c. 3000 BC
-3200
-2800

Geographic region:

Iraq
Nippur

Time period:

Archaic

Medium:

Terracotta

10. Cylinder Seal

Date:

pre 3000 BC
-3500
-3000

Geographic region:

Iraq
Nippur

Time period:

Archaic

Medium:

Shell

11. Cylinder Seal

Date:

pre 3000 BC
-3500
-3000

Geographic region:

Iraq
Ur
Diqdiqqeh

Medium:

Shell

Extent:

2.5
cm
0.8

12. Cylinder seal 0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

Date:

-3200 - -2900
ca. 3200–2900 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr

Medium:

Calcite

Extent:

0.63 in. (1.6 cm)