4th-1st millennium BC. A group of ten seals and amulets including one accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: (U-255) 'Amulet/Stamp Seal of White Marble, 14 x 7 x 20.5mm. This has the form of a recumbent bull, pierced through the body for suspension. On the base there are two divine symbols: crescent (the moon-god Sîn) and star (Venus/Ishtar"). This is Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Babylonian, c. 800-500 B.C. It is an attractive piece in good condition.'; two lion amulets, one black and one white; three bull amulets, one red and one white; one Lapis Lazuli amulet in the form of two facing birds with incised detail to the wings and eyes, pierced between the bodies; one black amulet in the form of a fish head with deep-set eyes, prominent brows and large parted lips, pierced transversely; and one quadruped with anthropomorphic head; three amulets with stamp seal to the base, including one white recumbent bull (?) with design of two simple animals and four curved lines; one recumbent animal with heart-shaped head, design with three animals. 82 grams total, 16-45mm (3/4-1 3/4"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection numbers 1983, R-571, R-737, V-255, Y-306, Y-434, Z-8, Z-84, Z-85, Z-86, academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Dr. Bonewitz notes: 'The seals are made from serpentine (2), jasper (3), limestone (2), marble (2), lapis lazuli (1).' [10] Fine condition.