It is largely composed of the mineral talc thus is rich in. Shereen ratnagar in her brand new book the magic in the image women in clay at mohenjo daro and harappa soon to be reviewed here offers an interesting conjecture. 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.
Steatite Seal Indus Civilisation Ca 3000 B C Item 1392785
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.
An egyptian turquoise glazed. Brief definitions of obscure words starting with the letter s. The harappan civilization once thrived some several thousand years ago in the indus valley. Located in whats now pakistan and western india it was the earliest.
