Steatite Seals
An egyptian turquoise glazed.
Steatite seals. Soapstone also known as steatite or soaprock is a talc schist which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is largely composed of the mineral talc thus is rich in. Uruk was an ancient city of sumer and later babylonia situated east of the present bed of the euphrates river on the ancient dry former channel of the euphrates. A cylinder seal is a cylinder engraved with a picture story used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two dimensional surface generally wet clay.
Authentic antiquities and ancient artefacts. Free worldwide shipping to register please click here by registering you may. Personally reserve an item for two days. While most mesopotamian cylinder seals form an image through the use of depressions in the cylinder surface see lead photo above some cylinder seals print images.
Lot of 3 egyptian bronze and faience items late period. An interesting egyptian black steatite amulet of a cat.