Sealstone usually called gemstone tabloid carried a ring or self-stamped.
The seal bears mainly intaglio, relief and rarely, performances symbols or letters used to seal letters or decrees.
  Such gems are from the prior antiquity in Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria and the prehistoric Greece, Minoan and Mycenaean era. In classical times, the allegedly most gems in rings (rings)
  The seals were devised for safety and designs provided a personal identification badge. In the formulation of scenes depicted no evidence of use of reinforced glass for engraving. Various materials were used, including ivory and bone. After 1600 BC, precious and semi-precious stones were replaced for wealthy citizens, rings precious metals.
  Impressive themes from the world of nature, the sea and the devotional life with many details engraved on the surface of hard gemstones. Often performances etched in gold rings used as seals.