A choice Ancient Near East / Luristani tanged bronze dagger, dating to 2nd-1st mill BC.

A nice bronze dagger with rounded shoulders. Size is 30 cm - c. 12 inches.

Condition: Choice with some roughness to the edges.

Ex. Danish Private Collection.

A large and massive thinbutted Danish neolithic offeraxe, dating to Time of the Great Burial Mounts, c. 3500-3000 BC.

An unpolished axe, made with defined seams on the edges. Well proportioned design and attractive, very broad. In Greyish brown Danien flint.

The thinbutted axes were introduced along with the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The axes were used to clear the woods and prepare the ground for crops...

Interesting stamp seal carved in fine serpentine stone almost black, Mesopotamian, c. 4th. mill. BC.

Rectangular seal, carved with an animal in the base and also finely decorated on the other side.

Size: 19 mm. x 14 mm. 8 mm. thick.

Condition: Choice Very fine.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1992...

The lid decorated on both sides with a winged Eros seated on a rock and facing left. One figure holds up a mirror with his right hand, the other carries a dish with double hooks, a sash suspended underneath. Flowers in the field.
One Eros wears a kekryphalos with a bun at rear, the other a pointed cap. Both carry earrings, necklaces, bracelets, strings of beads around the chest, the left thigh and anklet, as well as sandals.
The figures are separated by palmettes...

Userhatmes – wsr-HAt-ms Type 3 Worker

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

Also known as Userhetmes, Ouserhatmes

The name means ‘The (Holy barque) wsr-Hat-ms is born

Wab-priest at the prow of the sacred barque of Mut, mistress of the sky, Scribe of the treasury of the supreme chief of the harem of Amen, Wab-priest of Amen, the king of the gods...

Ancient Egyptian Faience Amulet Of Bes 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.

C...

A very attractive bronze protome figure of a leopard, with finely made details, such as the spots in the skin and the nice details of the head. Roman Imperial, c. 1st. cent. AD

The forepart of the leopard in a seated position, it's silver plated with a bronze core.

Size: 4,2 cm. wide and 3 cm. tall. Weight: 44 grams.

Ex. Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, aquired at Gerhard Hirsch Nachf., München Auktion 286, 2013, Lot 340.

Black-figure lekythos decorated with two heraldic lions looking back over their shoulders. Rosette and dots in the field.
The vase belongs to the Dolphin Group, which is named after the leaping dolphins on the shoulder. Our piece shows the later decoration of large inverted lotus wreaths.
For a related example cf. vase no. 1977.3.79 in the University Museums, University of Mississippi...

Pottery oil lamp
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8th Cent. AD

Highly decorated with clusters of grapes all around the shoulders

Measurements:
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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A lovely Egyptian pre-dynastic macehead of squat Piriform, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Very attractive fully polished surfaces and symethric.

Size: c. 49 mm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Provenance: Cristian Spinu collection, Ex. Helios Gallery and formerly in a 1970s Connecticut (US) private collection.

Ancient Roman terracotta oil lamp with molded designs around the shoulder . The end of the lamp has a loss to the handle and burn marks at the wick opening. Size almost 3" w 2.5"

Ancient Egyptian silver frog amulet attached to a wooden base
with 19th century collection label inscribed: „Silver Frog, an Idol“.

Date: Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 - 30 B.C.
Material: Silver
Size: length of the amulet: ca. 2,3 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: German collection, prior GB estate, bought from a GB collection, formed before 1900.

The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed...

A nice large/thick faience Ushabti, Third Intermediate Period, 21/22th dynasty (ca 1085-713BC)

A blue-green faience shabti, wearing the headband and two hoes. Inscribed with clear hieroglyphs at the lower front. Details are added in black.

Size: 128 mm. tall.

Condition: Near very fine, intact but with hairline reattached feet and some minor losses and corrosion with much uncleaned deposits.

Ex. Cristian Spinu Collection, Ex...

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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A nice head of a horse and a upperpart of d warrior with a shield on his back, Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic period 750–600 BC.

These fragments are sold without bases.

Size: 56 mm. and 70 mm.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

3 Near Eastern 7-8th c Wound Glass beads slight loss stable wearable. Old Ca estate collection.

Beautiful pottery dish with torquoise glaze, black markings and a finely decorated pattern, Seljug period, 11th.-12th. century.

The Dish in an almost untouched state with fine silvery irridescence on the surface. Very beautiful colours.

Size: c. 17,2 x 4 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact, a few places of missing glaze and usual markings from the making, but a very nice dish.

Ex. Important Danish Private Collection

The name Pakaru means "the Palestinian" so Pakaru was of foreign origin, he was also called Ahanéferamon, the fighter of Amen see Aubert.

In the spring of 1891 Mohammed Abd el-Rassul discovered what tomb is now known as Cache II...