Bichrome painted linen cartonnage fragment from the coffin of a lady named Hebu.
The curved outer surface is decorated with three lines of hieroglyphic text reading: (1) … with the companion of his glorified state … (2) [Heb]u justified (f), with the air … (3) Hebu justified …
The female name Hebu is recorded with Ranke, 236, 16.
Square openings on the side to fit the piece with other parts of the coffin.
Cartonnage is a type of material used in ancient Egypt ...
Nubian painted terracotta sarcophagus mask. With prominent facial details. Circa @ 300 B.C. Mounted. 16 X 13 inches. with frame, 26 inches X 21 inches. Ex. Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, South Orange, New Jersey. Said to have been purchased from an old New Jersey estate.
Coptic tunic decoration, called clavus, with four registers containing a lion, a hare, a spotted lion and hare.
Wool on linen
Coptic, 4th/6th century AD
Textile size: 18 cm (7.1 in) x 4 cm (1.6 in)
Frame: 27 cm (10.6 in) x 15.5 cm (6.1 in)
Fragment, excellent condition.
Estate of Christian Grand, renowned Swiss art dealer, acquired 1900-1950.
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
Extremely rare shabti of the Prince Hor-Nakht.
Prince Hor-Nakht was a son of Pharao Osorkon II, who ruled Egypt from Tanis in the 22nd Dynasty. Osorkon II
tried to control the entire country so he appointed his son Hor-Nakht as High Priest of Amun of Thebes.
Unfortunately, Hor-Nakht died already at the age of nine. He was buried in the same tomb as his father in the
royal necropolis in Tanis (Hor-Nakht was placed in the same Chamber as his father Osorkon II)...
A scarce Danish neolithic Daggeraxe from the Funnelbeaker culture dating to 3500-3000 BC.
The daggeraxes were mounted on shafts just like axes, and there is a general understanding that their use was connected to rituals and ceremonies as well as used as weapons. But compared to daggers and axes, the daggeraxes were only made in very limited numbers and are thus rare today.
A particularly large and attractive daggeraxe...
Egypt 2300-1600 bc faience bead group . A group of very large faience beads all having glazes from light to dark blue green and all with a molded ribbed design . Wearable pieces largest bead 3/4"h 1" w
Faience shabti inscribed with six lines of horizontal text starting just below the crossed arms.
The spell reads: ‘The Governor of Upper Egypt, Anhh-Hor, he speaks, oh, this shabti’ and is followed by version VII-A of the shabti spell.
The inscription shows an exceptional orthography and archaic vocabulary reminiscent of the renaissance of ancient Egyptian culture at the beginning of the 26th Dynasty.
Ankh-Hor was a high rank official under Psammetichus II and Apries and...
TERRCOTTA FIGURE
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN, 100 BC/AD
Measurements:
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Condition: Good condition
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Ancient Scythian cast bronze horse snaffle bit bridle 6th - 4th century B.C. Northern Black Sea Region. It comprises two interlocking straight mouthpieces notched with ribbed patterns and ended with integral key headings.
This remarkable artifact is an ancient horse bit dating back to the 6th-4th century B.C. and was used by the Scythian people in the Northern Black Sea Region...
This is an extremely rare type of ancient bronze weapon from the Mediterranean region. It has a blunt tip blade with a very prominent midrib that is nearly a cm thick!. The shaft is cylindrical but the tang is hammered square. The overall length is over 25 cm and the weight is 156 grams. This is a truly rare piece at a great price for any collection.
Interesting collection of a faience Shu amulet and a book from the property of Lord Grenfell...
This is a lovely blue ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1800 BC). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC. It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
TERRACOTTA USHABTI
EGYPTIAN, 3RD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, C. 1075 - 664 BC
Depicted in a mummiiform style , wearing tripartite wig, arms folded across chest.
Measurements:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 15.5 cm
Condition: lower part re-attached as shown otherwise intact
Beautifully mounted on a custom plexi-glass display stand of high quality
Provenance: Aweidah's collection before 1970- Registered at IAA
This is a nice little dagger from the collection of the late John Piscopo. Mr. Piscopo's tag will stay with the item. It weighs 42 grams and measures nearly 17cm. It has three rivet perforations in the handle. It does not appear to have any repair and seems fairly solid. This is a good chance to own an inexpensive piece from the Piscopo collection.
Slender bronze axe head with rounded cutting edge and eyelet on the narrow side.
The upper lobes bent inwards to better fit the forked shaft, which was fixed with twine or rawhide. Hook-like projections on the neck.
Palstave is the typical axe form of the Middle Bronze Age, 1500-1275 BC. Late palstave types tend to have narrower blades, as in our case.
For the type, cf. fig. 4.4.3, p. 83 in: Ulrike Weller. Äxte und Beile. Berlin 2018...
Rare funerary cone with three registers of sunk hieroglyphs reading: (1) The Bearer of the brazier (2) of the temple of Amun, (3) Nekhy.
This cone and a second one held in a Japanese collection are the only known examples of the type, which is enumerated as 650/B.23 by Zenihiro.
Both the name and the title on the cone are uncommon. The personal name Nekhy is not listed with Ranke...
An extremely rare and exceptionally large ritual stone axe or peg, Niger, Saharah area, ca. 8th.-6th. millenium BC.
One of the largest carved neolithic objects known and very early! Superb smooth lines and designed slightly curving with a flattened base. Carved in a granite stone, very heavy.
Size: 55 cm.
Ex. South German Collection, since 1999 in German collections.