Two-handle Cypriot juglet decorated with groups of concentric circles to each side of the shoulder and narrow bands around the spherical body.
The tall neck flaring to a funnel-shaped mouth; the handles attached to the neck-ridge and the shoulder. Standing on a narrow disc-base.
Hard-fired ceramic with polished orange-brown slip, decorated with black paint.
Closely related, slightly larger, cf. Beazley Archive vase no...

A lovely ancient Egyptian/Hyksos Scarab, c. 1550 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/4” long (19 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. This is a particularly fine scarab; even the eye is defined...

Holy Land - Byzantine Period; 5th Century AD

Inscribed terra-cotta oil lamp, “The light of Christ shines for all” reads the inscription on this Byzantine oil lamp found throughout Palestine, but especially in Jerusalem...

A nice seal carved in in a black stone, Anatolia or Western Mesopotamian, c. 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.

An oval gable or a scaraboid shape and carved with a Cross inside a trangle and rays around.

Size: 21 mm. wide over the base and 10 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, minor flawls.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2004...

An interesting gable stamp seal with the Zig-zag engraving that has been interpreted by scolars in seals as an early representation of a Scorpio, Anatolia or Syria, c. 4th. millenium BC.

Finely polished and engraved, rectangular with a clear gable form. Drilled.

Size: 21 x 19 mm...

This is an interesting copper alloy dagger. It has a triangular blade with a prominent midrib and a short, flat tang. The patina is an unusual light gray color and there are some brown encrustation on the surface of both sides. It measures roughly 24 cm in length and weighs 111 grams. This type of dagger is typically very early (before 1500 BC).

Egyptian Amarna Faience Amulet Of Bes Playing Tambourine 1,5 cm

A small but vibrant blue faience amulet of the god Bes playing the tambourine with suspension loop to the top. He is an ancient Egyptian deity worshipped as a protector of households, mothers and children and childbirth. Bes combines characteristics of a dwarf and a lion.

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Sheet silver in the shape of a bearded man wearing a cloak rendered with diagonal folds.
Carefully embossed head with soft classical features, heavy moustache and beard and curled hair surrounded by a row of dots.
Pierced nipples, holes for fixation.
Silver
Eastern Mediterranean, 5th/4th Century BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Appealing item with missing extremities...

Extremely rare cloak pin cast in silver, Ancient Near East, 'Luristani', ca. 1200 to 800 BC...

Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this ancient Greco-Roman Terracotta head of Serapis with base. The figure is presented in excellent detail with crown and significant beard detail. Circa 300 B.C.-100 B.C. Size: 3.75" (5" with Base). Provenance: Ex-McInnis collection, Texas.

Interesting large glass amulet tessera, drilled to use as pendant, black glass, dated to the Ptolemaic period, c. 200 BC, but could perhaps malso be early Roman (see id card)

The unusually large and finely preserved piece decorated with a Lion in high relief.

Size: 28 mm. wide and 17 mm...

This remarkable artifact is an ancient bronze short sword or dagger blade, originating from the Holy Land during the Bronze Age (1500-1200 B.C.). The blade boasts a tapering double-edged design with a medial ridge, which would have made it an incredibly effective weapon in battle. The short tang attached to the handle makes it easy to wield and maneuver, allowing its user to strike with precision and agility...

A fine and rare late Pre-Dynastic / Late Jemdet Nasr period, Mesopotamian Cylinder seal of translucent Alabaster, early 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal carved in high relief with a fine rendering of centipedes.

Size: 28 mm...

Interesting massive seal with a provenance going back to the French Dealer j. Vinchon 1973. Greenstone seal with stylized engravings in the base and worn through handle from extensive use. Very early dating to the 5th. mill. BC or even earlier!

Size: 31 mm. x 21 mm, and 22 mm. tall.

Ex. J. Vinchone Paris, 1973 and ex. Oberländer 1996 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer...

Important intact terracotta figure of the semi-nude Aphrodite, lifteing her arms and pulling her locks of hair, Roman, Severan period, late 2nd.-early 3rd. century AD.

A beautiful godess leaning on a collumn and with gown loosely covering her right leg and back. Wonderful elaborate hairstyle of the Severan period.

Size: 18,6 cm.

Condition: Superb! Perfectly preserved.

Ex. Old private collection, aquired before 1980.

This is a finely engraved haematite cylinder seal. The seal is engraved with the sun-god Shamash, his foot resting on a small mountain, carrying the saw-weapon in his right hand, a worshipper approaches, wearing a fringed rope.
A suppliant goddess stands behind the sun-god Shamash, wearing a flounced robe, her hands raised in adoration.
Between them a ball-staff and vessel. Space for column of inscription. The Seal comes with the stand which
the former owner made (see last...

An exquisite ancient Roman marble head of Aphrodite, C. 1st - 2nd Century AD

Depicted with a serene expression on her face, her head tilted and turned to the right. The long thick waving hear centrally-parted falling in tresses. Shapely lips and small rounded chin. Her heavy-lidded articulated eyes set beneath a defined brow.

A very high quality sculpture.

Measurements: Height: 11 cm - Width: 11 cm - On stand: 22 cm

Nicely mounted on a museum quality plexi-glass stand

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A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 9/16” long (14 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. Guaranteed – purchase price refunded if the piece is returned unaltered within 30 days from the date of purchase...

A wonderful quality pottery Jug from Siegburg, Germany dating to the 16th. cent. AD.

A type called Trichterhalskrug in German, that often was made with an oval or round medallion at teh front. In this case the medallion is unusually crisp and elaborate for the type and depicts a coat of arms for a city or a wealthy House.

Size: 16 cm.

Condition: Good very fine for the often heavily restored type and age. Our specimen is completely intact but for a micro thin h...

A finely carved cylinder seal in brown serpentine stone, Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 9th.-8th. cent. BC.

The seal is carved with an interesting beast, probably winged horse or Bull beside a large rosette symbol of the Sun-God. Attractive!

Size: 22 mm. and 11 mm. thick.

Condition: Near Extremely fine.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.

An Islamic seal in a terrific quality and extra large size, probably Persian, c. 17th.-18th. cent. AD or earlier!

Engraved with finely caligraphy, round seal base with a tall domed handle, pierced at the top.

Size: 43 mm. in diameter and 40 mm tall.

Condition: Good Very fine, lovely redish patina.

Ex. Baldwins Auctions 2005.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals betwe...

POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Late Bronze Age;1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Globular body with a ring base, ring base and a double-shaped loop handle.

Dimensions:
Height: 24 cm
Diameter: 24 cm

Condition: Neck repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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BIBLICAL POTTERY VASE
CANAANITE, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
This type known by the chocolate on white ware with remains of brown paint pigments.

Dimensions:

Height: 16 cm

Diameter: 14 cm

Condition: Neck/base professionally repaired and restored as shown

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of ...

A fine Anatolian stamp seal of the Uruk style of the 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

A finely engraved larger stone stamp seal, and with a horned animal in the base in deep relief.

Size: 26 mm. in diameter and 13 mm. tall.

Condition: Good VF, much uncleaned deposits, quite attractive.

This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

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

Tall bottle with flat base, piriform body, and long cylindrical neck ending in a flared rim.
Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottles frequently found in burial contexts. Their most common use was probably as a container for oil. The unguentarium is sometimes referred to as lacrimarium (tear-container) or balsamarium (balsam-container). All three terms reflect different assumptions about their use.
Ceramic
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 4th-2nd century BC
H. 17.2 cm...

An important extra large bronze humped bull sculpture, Amlash circa 1000-800 B.C.

A very attractive bronze bull, standing on it's stout legs and with a oversize hump and pierced through the body. Highly unusual this detailed and in the impressive size!

Size: 84 mm. long and 63 mm. tall.

Condition: Superb for type, with very nice metal and great mottled green patina.

Ex Bavarian private collection, Germany between 1974-2015.

Bactrian bronze compartmentalized seal, Late 3rd - Early 2nd Millennium BC. Simple design on the round base, tall handle. Beautyful brown patina - attractive!. Interesting design in compartements.

Condition: Superb! Exceptional brown patina!

Provenance: Johan Dæhlfeldt Estate Collection - 40 years of collecting antiquities.

A fine Roman blown glass bottle in a deep amethyst color. Most likely a medicinal flask or unguent vial. It is evenly translucent with very little earthen deposits and encrustation. Quite rare and beautifully well preserved, it dates circa 1st-3rd century A.D. Measurements 4.75" x 3".

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land – CANAANITE, Middle Bronze Age, 1850 – 1550 BC
“Time of Abraham"

Nicely made with a double shaped handle and a little base. Would have been used for perfumed oils and precious liquids
Parallel: Ancient pottery of the Holy Land – Ruth Amira, Masada press – Page, 111 – PL. 34: 15

Measurements:
Height: 17.5 cm
Diameter: 11.5 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm

Condition: Rim chipped with age weathering as shown...

ALABASTER COSMETIC VASE WITH A BRONZE APPLICATOR
CANAANITE, Middle Bronze Age: 1850 – 1550 B.C.
Time of Abraham

Measurements:
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored

Nicely mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite” display stand on high quality.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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You are considering a very attractive ancient Egyptian Hyksos mummy beads necklace dating to Hyksos period, 1500 BC

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Egyptian Mummy beads
Egyptian burial sites have yielded enormous quantities of beads in many varieties. Since beads were such an integral part of the culture, they paint a poignant picture of an idealistic people, surprisingly sophisticated, yet bound...

Rare Etruscan cup covered with red coating on the outside. The steep wall decorated with wavy white lines.
Standing on a small flat base. The bulbous bowl with a flat, outward curved rim.
Ceramic, impasto
Etruscan, White-on-Red ware, 650-600 BC
D. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
H. 4.4 cm (1.7 in)
Rare and fine. Rim fragments reattached, with small restoration. Applied white color faded. Surface with dendrite-like black deposits.
Ex US private collection since th...

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1800 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). 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. This scarab depicts Goddess Hathor

PAINTED POTTERY SHALLOW BOWL
Greek - Hellenistic period; 300 - 100 BC
Time of Alexander the Great

With a ring base and two shaped handles on the side.

Dimensions:
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 18 cm

Condition: Minor chip as shown otherwise intact

Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land

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A pair of strictly mueum quality German Wheel lock pistols, made for a German Prince for his personal guard, probably Saxony, late 16th. century.

The pistols are huge and at the same time very elegant with their slender form and lavishly inlaid with engraved staghorn compricing of of huntings scenes with dogs and game, and highly delicate folliage overall. Interestingly, there's different scenes of hunting on each pistol, while the folliage inlays are matching. Even the long full siz...

A very finely carved late- to Neo-Assyrian red stone cylinder seal, depicting a human headed, winged demon with Scorpios tail and a large Bull. In between them a tree and above star and crescent.

Interesting and beautiful composition, probably depicting Pazuzu. Beautiful jasper -like stone, quite hard.

Size: 25 mm. tall and 12 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine, intact and sharp with minimal chip to the very rim, not affecting the depiction.

Provena...