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Stamp from Halaf Culture
A flat clay stamp with an image of its impression. This stamp dates back to the Halaf period, 5th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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New York Postmaster's Provisional Stamp, 1845
New York Postmaster's Provisional Stamp, USA, 1845. The kind of stamp that may have been used to send enslaved people, such as William "Box" Peel Jones to freedom in 1859.
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Roman Walls
The many Roman walls still visible today throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, be they defensive walls such as the Servian Wall or house and monument walls, tell us a great deal about the evolution of Roman construction techniques. Roman...
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Stamp of Legio X Fretensis
Tile fragment with a stamp of Legio X Fretensis, "LG X F", and its symbol, a wild boar and a battleship. Found in Jerusalem, 1st-2nd century CE. Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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Chief Joseph US Postage Stamp
6c Cyrenius Hall "Chief Joseph" single, US postage stamp, issued 4 November 1968.
Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
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Amphitrite on 1936 Australian Stamp
A scan of a 1936 Australian postage stamp commemorating the opening of the undersea cable from Tasmania (Stanley) to the mainland (Apollo Bay, Victoria) depicting Amphitrite.
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Sassanian Stamp Seal
Fragment of white jasper stamp seal, oval shape with one end cut off straight; engraved with a woman.
Early Sassanian, 4th century CE.
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Ancient Stamp Seal from Armenia
This clay stamp seal was made in what is now present-day Armenia around the 4th-3rd century BCE. (Metsamor Historical-Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Taronik, Armenia)
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Roman Women in Business
Roman women faced legal, ideological, and cultural limitations in several areas of their lives; deep-rooted traditions regarding the role of women in the Roman world resulted in pre-conceived views which saw women characterised by weakness...
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Stamped Mud-Brick from Babylon
A close-up view of a partially broken stamped mud-brick. I found the brick on the earth! Babylon, modern-day Bebel Governorate, Iraq.