An exquisite Roman marble head of Satyr, dated from 1st-2nd Centuries AD
Facial features reveal attractive young chubby male face with snub nose; lips slightly parted and mouth agape revealing teeth. Prominent cheekbones lidded almond-shaped eyes under shaggy eyebrows and gnarled furrowed forehead...
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Egyptian bi-color faience amulet of Isis. Depicted seated on her throne wearing a headdress consisting of solar disk and horns.
Dimensions: ca. 8,0 cm,
Condition: Perfekt,
Material: Faience,
Century/ Timeframe: New Kingdom,
An attractive and affordable Babylonian cylinder seal in a scarce stone for a cylinder seal (Jasper), c. 1900-1700 BC.
The roll-out became bad actual seal is better and depicts seated deities.
Size: 19 mm.
Comes with hard impression.
Condition: Fine.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
A large round or oval black stone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period, 4th. mill. BC.
The seal engraved with a 4-legged animal and with a bird above.
Size: 31 mm. x 29 mm and 8 mm...
"LARGE" POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age, 1850 – 1550 B.C.
Time of Abraham
Dimensions:
Height: 28 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Condition: Neck professionally repaired as shown otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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A very fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Interesting and collectable dagger! Flat, leafshaped blade and a very long, twisted tang.
Size: 21,2 cm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, fine green patina and great metal.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s
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...
Interesting advanced seal in grey steatite carved with an ornate handle and nicely composed round seal base with an animal, Mesopotamia, early-mid 2nd. mill. BC.
Size: 22,5 mm. tall and 20 mm ...
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this detailed ancient Greek bronze coin. The coin features the a choice patina with the head of an emperor on the obverse. The reverse of the coin features a standing figure flanked with Greek text on either side. This is a lovely example that measures 3/4" in diameter. Ex-McInnis Collection.
An ancient MesoAmerican Olmec bluegreen stone hand axe tool mounted on a custom stand. Neolithic stone implement.
Date: 1150-550 BC
Dimensions: 6" X 2.5" including stand, stone is 4" X 2.25"
A large for type attachment from a brazier, a pottery container for fire, molded within a rectangular framework and set vertically with the head of Silenos, his long full beard extended forward to form support for a vessel.
Size: 14 cm. wide and 12 cm. tall.
Ref: Hayes, John W., Greek and Greek-Style Painted and Plain Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, 1992 ROM, fig. 247 - 250.
A fine stamp seal in a lovely stone quality, East Anatolia / West Mesopotamia, c. later 2nd. millenium BC.
Splendid and mottled & veined green stone engraved with a Lion and triangular spearpont-like symbols. Late Gable form
Size: 20 mm wide x 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact and with deposits.
This seal comes with original ID card and hard impression from below collection...
Certain items of jewelry, such as the scarab, carried religious significance to the ancient Egyptians. The scarab represented rebirth, so it was essential to have one or more scarabs adorning the deceased in order to ensure reincarnation to the next level. The owner's name was inscribed on the stone so that his spirit would know it was his.
Condition: look at pictures
If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de
A really nice and impressive stamp seal wuth a tall handle, Western Mesopotamia, c. 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal is inspired by early Assyrian iconography and shows a finely carved Lion on it's hind legs grapping or fighting a monster with multible legs - here the Lion is probably the king or leading god, while the Lizzard creature is the evil one.
Size: c. 20 mm. wide and 20 mm...
Scarce and attractive ancient glass vase with funnel mouth, Roman 1st.-3rd. century AD.
The flask in blue-green glass with nice silverish patination.
Height: Near 10 cm.
Condition: Superb. Strong with good walls.
Provenance: Old Private Collection and aquired before 1990 in the German antiques market.
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. tall and c. 15 mm. thick.
Condition: Very fine, old loss at one side, othervise extremely fine. Nice patina and attractive...
Shabti for Amenhatpamecha Typ 4
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun
Amenhatpamecha – imn-HAt-pA-mSa Type 4
Also known as Amenemhatpamecha, Amenhatpamesha, Amenemhet, Imenhatpamecha, Amumemhatpamescha.
The name means ‘Amen is at the front of his army’, ‘Amen is the commander/chief of the army‘, see the remarks at type 4...
A fine ridged oval close combat mace head, Single Grave period, 3rd. mill. BC.
An oval and yet slightly compressed head with a deep ridged at the middle to attach it to a pole. In an attractive speckled granite stone with tag 187 in white ink from below collection.
Size: c. 95 mm. long.
Condition: Choice Very fine, intact.
Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. mar...