This inscribed seal (shell(?), 2.2 cm) was purchased from PBJI. A horned, long haired vegetation goddess sitting on a grain (?) pile gives a branch/ear to a female worshipper, who is introducing a female adorant. A male adorant carries a plow. Boehmer (see bibliography) knows several Akkadian parallel seals. One seal of this group depicts the name of king Naramsin another one the name of his daughter Enmenana. See picture with two parallel seals in Boehmer 1965. Both are dated Late Akkadian.

Note the plows, the branches and the grain (?) pile on the parallel seals in Boehmer 1965. Scenes with worshippers being introduced to a seated deity also appear on UR III and Old Babylonian seals, sometimes with broad inscription panels, but the deity mostly sits on a throne, holding up a cup and usually only three figures are depicted. The inscription on my seal is written in Sumerian cuneiform. I read it: gi ? (reversed?) -sha-ma-ma dub-shar "Gishamama, scribe".

This Indus Valley seal (baked steatite 2.5 x 2.5 cm) was purchased from www.artemission.com. Authenticity was confirmed by Dr. Winkelmann (see links) It depicts an inscription in Indus writing, a one horned bull and a standard device - a very common motiv. Authentic Indus Valley seals are extremely rare. Many faked examples are offered on Ebay. Most Indus Valley seals were found in Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. Note the picture with a parallel seal from Harappa dated by the excavators to roughly 2200 B.C.

This is an Old-Babylonian seal. (hematite 2.6 cm) It is in excellent condition, note the shiny polished stone. The seal depicts the western semitic god Amurru holding up his sheperd's crook. In front of him the god with mace named Nin-Shubur is standing. The inscription reads: Amurru son of Anu. Note the parallel in the Anavian collection. (see bibliography) The inscription on this example depicts one more line: "who lives on the holy mountain."