Relics of the Nile is pleased to present his wonderful twin-handled Egyptian alabastron. The alabastron is nicely banded and well-sculpted with a cylindrical neck and disc rim. The alabastron is presented on a custom base for easy display and measures 3.25" in height (3.7" tall including the base". Egypt, Late Period ca 664 - 350 B.C..

Ancient Egyptian artifacts from the Predynastic Period, specifically the Naqada II (Gerzean) era, which dates back to around 3600 - 3150 B.C. The artifact is a hand-carved war mace head made of reddish-brown stone, possibly Breccia. The mace head has a globular shape with a large cylindrical perforation in the center, which tapers towards one end. The base of the hole is carved with a pronounced reinforced rim, which was used to attach the head securely to a wooden handle...

RED STONE MACE-HEAD
Egypt, Predynastic Period
Naqada II or III, c. 3600 - 3100 B.C.

Dimensions:
Height: 6 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm Condition: Surface age weathering on one side

A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge—that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows...

A large writing tablet amulet in stone, probably a type of feldspar, 664 - 332 BC.

Size: 32 mm. tall.

Amulets in the form of a writing tablet are unique to the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty and later. They are always rectangular in shape with a suspension tube at the top and made from green, blue, or dark-colored material, feldspar being by far the most common...

An nice Head rest amulet, Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 322 B.C.

The stylized amulet carved in glossy red stone, probably haematite.

Size: 19 mm. wide

Condition: Very fine, intact but with some marks of corrosion and small chips.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian...

An ancient Egyptian alabaster plumb-bob with suspension holes on the sides and on top. New Kingdom, 1570-1070 BC. 1 5/8 inches high. From an old NYC scholarly collection. A plumb bob is a weight, with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction as a reference point. Plumb bobs were appreciated for their ability to furnish a true vertical line. The ancient Egyptians used plumb tools for leveling and as a way to continue distances vertically...

Ancient egyptian white stone pearl scarab 13mm

Condition: look at pictures

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

Moto Scarab / 14mm

Condition: look at pictures

From an old German collection.

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

Attractive steatite scarab of the New Kingdom period, inscribed with the royal name / cartouche of Thutmosis III, 1504-1450 BC

Carved in greyish steatite with fine details of the beetle.

Size: 16 mm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with a microscopic chip to the edge, patina with web-like crackles.

Ex. G. D. collection, Berlin and Bavaria, aquired between 1930 and 1970.

Comes with COA and hard imprint!

Conical striped alabaster mortar vessel with two handles on the upper rim. 3rd Intermediate Period, c. 1075-800 BC.

Very attractive sturdy motar in very beautiful banded stone. Finely sculptured with the twin handles and the perfect symethric shape.

Size: c. 10,4 cm. wide over the handles and c. 7 cm. tall.

Condition Intact with nice patina.

Reff. B. G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels - Materials and Forms (1989), S. 158 Nr...

A beqautiful intact hardstone Djet Pillar Amulet, Egypt, Late Period, c. 660-332 BC.

Finely carved and polished in a warm redish stone. It is associated with the creator god Ptah and Osiris, the Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead. It is commonly understood to represent his spine...

A steatite motto scarab with torquise blue slightly glazed and inscription where cobras confronted with scarab beetle.

Condition: look at pictures

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

A lovely patinated amulet in crystalized white stone, probably marble, Egypt, 2nd.-1st. mill. BC.

Size: 19 mm. wide

Condition: Good Very fine, intact with minor wear and fine patination.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.

Important collection of 8 stone axes and tools, Egyptian, 4th. millenium BC.

A selection of 8 ancient stone axes in Basalt, Gneist and perhaps Jadeite or Jasper(?), These are in high demand and typical for this period in Egypt, used for everyday work of grinding and chopping, wooden carvings, cosmetics etc.

A gem collection with some beautiful colours!

Sizes: 2,5 to nearly 6 cm. for the largest axes.

Condition: Mostly intact, beautiful polishing ...

A pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a nice cream-brown stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.
Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 4,7 cm. in diameter. Old black reg. number from collection or museum inventory, 'Æ27'.

Condition: Nice very fine, intact with minor spots of corrosion and fine patina.

Ex. Old European collection, comes with COA.

A lovely somewhat pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a fine speckled dark diorite stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.

Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 5,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Good very fine, intact with minor wear and patina.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, Old European collection purchased 1972, comes with COA from 'Ancient Art - the gallery, London.

Egyptian head with side lock, probably of Harpokrates, the infant son of Isis and Horus.
The face shows almond shaped eyes, a flattish nose, and slit mouth. The well preserved left ear appears just below the partially present side lock. The neck slightly bent to the figure’s left side.
The head most likely belongs to an ithyphallic limestone figure. For a related example, cf. acc. no. ST58 in the British Museum database.
Crudely carved from soft limestone. Covered in/with ...

A faience (blue green glazed) clay Ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in art to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself. Egyptian faience is a non-clay based ceramic composed of crushed quartz or sand, with small amounts of calcite lime and a mixture of alkalis, displaying surface vitrification due to the soda lime silica glaze often containing copper pigments to create a bright blue-green luster. Mounted...