Very attractive larger stamp seal in fine polished green stone, Ubaid-Uruk period of Mesopotamia, c. 4th. mill. BC.

Oval seal with tall handle rounded edges and carved with interesting depiction of small globes in different sizes.

Size: 29 mm x 23 mm and 15 mm. tall...

Bust of a camel with protruding snout, slit mouth, pierced nostrils and applied eyes. On top of the head the typical cap of hair. Wide neck and chest area, the back side with a central rib.
Terracotta
Near Eastern, 1st millennium BC
H. 9.7 cm (3.8 in)
H. with stand 13.7 cm (5.4 in)
Fragmentary, rare and fine. Lime deposits and root marks. Old wood block mount.
Ex New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s...

A fantastic quality Middle- or Neo-Assyrian cylinder seal of a tall and thick type, c. 12th.-8th. century BC.

The seal carved in a rare attractive green-black stone with an Archer and winged sphinx. Top and bottom with a fine herringbone band. Multiple symbols in the fields and the archer has a detailed quiver on his back.

Size: 41 mm. tall and 14-15 mm. thick...

An extralarge bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate floral design, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal depicting a flower with petals in the openwork style.

The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943...

POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Greek - Hellenistic, 300 - 100 BC
Time of Alexander the Great

Beautifully made with a shaped neck, rim folded outwards and a ring base

Dimensions:
Height: 21 cm
Diameter: 17 cm
Height on stand: 24 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands ...

Makaekra Worker – m-kAk-ra

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun...

An interesting scarab carved and polished in steatite stone, probably New Kingdom or earlier, 18th.-14th. cent. BC.

The somewhat stylized scarab finely carved in the base with an eye form.

Size: 14 mm.

Condition: Completely intact, nice Very fine with old deposits.

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

Comes with COA and hard imprint!

Djedmaatiuesankh – Dd-mAat-iws-anx Worker

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.

Also known as Djedmaatiousankh, Djedmaatesankh, Djedmaatiuesach

The name means ‘Maat has said, she will live

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amen-Re, the king of the gods...

Relics of the Nile is proud to present this large and exceptional Egyptian wood and polychrome anthropoid mask. The face is carved with fine detail and is painted with red pigment over gesso with black eyebrows. It is important to note that this mask is complete with intact ears, which is rare to find. The cosmetic lines around the eyes, details in the right ear, and jawline from the right cheek to the chin are presented in a carbon-based black pigment...

Miniature perfume vessel decorated with three running dogs between narrow encircling lines. Dot-rosettes in the field and on the shoulder. Solid rays on the rim and around the foot.
Conical shape pointed towards the hollowed foot. A strap handle joins the disk rim with the shoulder.
Ceramic
Proto-Corinthian, around 650 BC
H. 6.1 cm (2.4 in)
Neck and one fragment at the rim reattached. Creamy white slip with root marks...

A nice stamp seal, found at the ancient city of Antioch (Amüg-Ebene) on the border between Anatolia and Mesopotamia, probably late Halaf-early Ubaid period, c. 5th...

An finely preserved large triangular stamp seal with knob handle in a jet black stone, Western Mesopotamia, probably c. 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.

Large for type and with a deep relief engraving of animals and with other symbols etc in the fields.

Size: About 29 mm. wide - 13 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact, some even wear.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2006. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Important large terracotta pottery figure of Aphrodites, Hellenistic period, Southern Italian workshops, 3rd.-2nd. century BC.

The figure is depicted in a wonderfull greek style as nude, posing and holding a garment or gown, so that it cover a part of legs behind. A hollowcast figure standing on a square podium.

Size: 26 cm. so very large and impressive for the type.

Condition: Attractive and intact, with some patches of corrosion and a delamination on the right...

A pair of nicely patinated Thinbladed Danish neolithic axes dating to the Singlegrave period, 3rd mill BC.

Lot consist of an unpolished, thinbutted type, and polished thickbutted type. But the smaller size indicates, that they were for a specific purpose in Antiquity, probably for precision wood-working.

Comes with old collection tag on the grey axe.

Sizes: c. 13 - 14 cm in length.

Condition: Nice Very fine, with beautiful patinas. Some minor chips as...

Interesting stamp seal in a greenish black stone, Anatolia, Neo Hittite states of the late 2nd.-early 1st. millenium BC.

The seal with high pierced handle and oval base, engraved with what appears to be scriptsigns, perhaps Luwian, we're not experts in these.

Size: 22 mm tall and quite massive.

Condition: good Very fine, nicely preserved with fine patina and a sharp imprint.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive...

This is a third Century Roman Glass, hand blown 3Rd century AD. It is thick, unflawed, no chips or cracks, no hairlines, Measurements: 1 1/2 inches tall and 1 1/4 wide at its widest point. It is simple, beautiful, ancient, and guaranteed authentic.

Tentosorkon – Tnt-sArknA Overseer

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.

Also known as Tjentosorkon, Tjentsarken, Tentserken, Tentsarkena, Tentosorkon

The name means ‘The (female) servant of Osorkon

Mistress of house, Chantress of Amen-Re, the king of the gods

Tentosorkon (That of Sorkon), a name of Libyan origin which appeared around the 21st dynasty in the Delta, and was popularised in the 22nd dynasty wit...

POTTERY HEAD OF ASTARTE "FERTILITY GODDESS"
HOLY LAND, ROMAN, BEIT NATIF, 300 - 400 AD

Measurements:
Height: 5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height on stand: 12.5 cm

Found near Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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