A large Sumerian Marble Cylinder Seal, Early Dynastic I- III, ca. 2700 - 2400 BCE Tools & Weapons stones with this kind of

stones with this kind of eye-like pattern were often valued for more than their appearance

evidence of ancient use

Such pendants were made across the Levant

The design is set in a delicate 22K gold framework with intricate filigree on the back

otherwise intact and well preserved overall

A large Sumerian Marble Cylinder Seal, Early Dynastic I- III, ca. 2700 - 2400 BCE Tools & Weapons stones with this kind ofA new start in Sumerian glyptic occurred in Early Dynastic II, with the conventionally called "Contest Scene" becoming the most common design. In fact, it shows the larger domesticated animals being protected from attacks of lions and other marauders by divine beings; a form of sympathetic magic because people hoped that in real life temple herds would be saved, where necessary, by divine intervention. Inscriptions naming the seals' owners also began