Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS IX
3. ABBREVIATIONS XI
4. PREFACE XXI
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXIII
6. INTRODUCTION XXV
7. MESOPOTAMIAN, ASSYRIAN, AND IRANIAN SEALS
8. I. THE LATE URUK AND JAMDAT NASR PERIODS 3
9. II. THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD 7
10. III. THE AKKADIAN PERIOD 12
11. IV. THE THIRD DYNASTY OF UR 18
12. V. THE OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD 20
13. VI. THE KASSITE PERIOD 28
14. VII. THE MIDDLE ASSYRIAN PERIOD 30
15. VIII. THE NEO -ASSYRIAN AND NEO-BABYLONIAN PERIODS 33
16. IX. THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD 45
17. ANATOLIAN, CYPRIOT AND LEVANTINE SEALS
18. X. SYRIAN SEALS FROM C. 3200-2900 B.C. 51
19. XI. SYRIAN SEALS FROM C. 2900-2200 B.C. 55
20. XII. SYRIAN SEALS FROM THE EARLY SECOND MILLENNIUM 62
21. XIII. OLD ASSYRIAN COLONY STYLE SEALS 66
22. XIV. SYRIAN SEALS FROM C. 1850-1620 B.C. 72
23. XV. MITANNIAN SEALS 90
24. XVI. CYPRIOT SEALS FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE 97
25. XVII. LEVANTINE SEALS FROM C. 1550-900 B.C. 100
26. XVIII. MIDDLE ELAMITE SEALS 105
27. XIX. MISCELLANEOUS SEALS 107
28. XX. SUSPECT AND FORGED SEALS 109
29. CATALOGUE
30. SEAL ENLARGEMENTS 318
31. APPENDIXES
32. A .MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY 331
33. B. CHART: CHRONOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS 334
34. C. SEAL INSCRIPTIONS 336
35. D. CONCORDANCE 338
36. NOTES 345
37. BIBLIOGRAPHY 385
38. CHRONOLOGICAL CHART 409