Very large stamp seal from Equador. Pointy handle with nice engravings on stamp side. Figures standing holding hands with flowers in between. Above some building or temple roof. Very nice condition.
Period: c. 350 - 400 A.D.
Provenance: P.Hacinto, U.S.A.
Dimensions: 6 x 9 cm
Material: Terracotta
Condition: Very Good
Stamp seal from Equador. Top with pointy handle and bottom engraved with zoomorphic and figures. Very nice condition.
Period: c. 350 - 400 A.D.
Provenance: Collection Peter Hacinto, U.S.A.
Dimensions: 8,5 x 5,0 cm
Material: Terracotta
Condition: Very Good
Very nice and large Chorrera stamp seal with a pointy handle on top and some nice zoomorphic motifs and monkeys on the stamp side.
Similar exsamples : Arte prehispanico Ecuador Huellas Del Pasado.
Period: c. 350 - 400 A.D.
Provenance: Collection Peter Hacinto U.S.A.
Dimensions: 8,7 x 6,0 cm
Material: Terracotta
Condition: Intact
Royal Mesopotamian Cuneiform Cone, c. 2100 B.C. Cone of Gudea of Lagash. Comes with translation of specialist in the field of cuneiform.
This skilfully inscribed ancient cuneiform cone is an important piece of ancient Sumerian history. Decorating the walls of temples with a pattern of small clay nails was a feature of the Sumerian early dynastic period. This example is a major segment from a clay Foundation Cone, over four thousand years of age, and inscribed with 11 vertical columns of Sumer ...click for details
A Neo-Babylonian clay brick from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. With 13 lines of cuneiform script. Fully translated and reads as follows: Nebchanezzar, King of Babylon, provisionary of Esagil and Ezida, prime son of Nebopolassar, King of Babylon I am. Ebbabara, the temple of Smamash in Larsa I restored as it was before, the Shamash, my lord. ( translated by W.G.Lambert).Period: 605 - 562 B.C.
Provenance: Old English collection.
Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm
Material: Clay
Condition: Int ...click for details
Cat headed human standing with her left feet forward. Holding Aegis and basket, wearing nicely detailed dress.
The goddess Bastet was usually represented as a woman with the head of a domesticated cat. However, up until 1000 BC she was portrayed as a lioness. Bastet was the daughter of Re, the sun god. It may have been through him that she acquired her feline characteristics. When Re destroyed his enemy Apep, he was usually depicted as a cat. As portrayed as a cat, she was connected with the ...click for details
Very nice detailed amulet of a Standing Bes. Mounted on old collection stand with plate.
Bes was the god of music and dance, the god of war and slaughter, and a destroying force of nature. He was also a protector of children. Bes is most likely of equatorial African origin, although some think he is Semitic (Middle Eastern). Bes was usually portrayed as a dwarf with a large head. He is bearded with his tongue sticking out. He has a flat nose, bushy eyebrows and hair, large projecting ears. Ar ...click for details
An Egyptian wood and bronze ibis. Depicted seated, the body sculpted in wood, some gesso left. The legs and the head each seperately cast of bronze.
Ibis, Regarded as the reincarnation of Thoth, the sacred ibis was sacred to the god of knowledge, who had the form of an ibis-headed man.
Period: 26th Dynasty
Provenance: Ex. German collection
Dimensions: 11 x 6,0 cm
Material: Bronze/wood
Condition: Very Good
Very nice long colorfull glass and faience bead necklace with four rare blue glazed lotus flower amulets.Period: 600 - 700 B.C.
Dimensions: 104 cm
Material: Glass/Faience
Condition: Restrung
