A highly attractive massive finger ring with a high round bezel, with elaborate cross design, Byzantine, c. 10th. cent.

Interesting hexagonal shape of the ring itself.

Size: The ring is 30 mm. tall, and the ringsize is c. 19 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine for this type, of exceptionally metal, very sharp and wearable...

A slim early cylinder seal in fine-corned white marple, carved with a characteristic and significant design for the Period of Jemdet Nasr in Mesopotamia.

The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay...

Lovely hemispheric stamp seal with Capride, black stone, Anatolia, c. 4th. mill. BC.

Fine deep relief and quite attractive!

Size: 25 mm. in diameter and 12 mm...

An exceptional early image of Buddha in meditation, Indonesia, Java, late 8th century-mid 9th century AD.

The buddha is expertly carved in a high quality Andesite stone. The vulcanic stone is dense and finely polished with inclusions of other stones, incl. a fantastic green hardstone in his forehead...

Discus fragment of a lamp decorated with the half-figure of a satyr holding a thyrsus and blowing a flute. The youthful figure wears a deer skin with the hooves of the animal knotted behind his shoulder.
Rare depiction. Detailed rendering of the head and the anatomical details. Covered with an orange-brown slip.
For a related example, cf. Q3250 in the British Museum database.
According to Bailey, the lamp was probably designed as a pair together with Q3292 (pp. 9-10 and p...

A very large unguentarium made of slightly green clear glass Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle of impressive height and with broad base and tappering neck, sound glass.

Size: c. 17,5 cm. tall and 8,7 cm. in diameter at the base!

Condition: Extremely fine, sound almost clear glass vessel with beautiful silverish and rainbow irridescence and deposits inside.

Provenance: Formerly in the property of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)

An impressive seal with a finely carved base in an attractive stone, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.

The seal in the oval gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a deer with large antlers attacked by a feline and rearing it's head, screaming in agony or fear!

Size: 25 mm. by 22 mm. and 9 mm...

Here's 4 nice pendant in Carnelian and glass, 1st. millenium BC - 100 AD.

Note the nice pair of glass birds with iridescence and also the carnelian floral bead.

Size: 1,6 cm. max.

Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980s.

Rare and museum-quality ancient bronze dagger blade from the early Bronze Age, dating back to 2300-2000 B.C. It was found in Asia Minor (Anatolia), specifically in the central part of Northern Anatolia, belonging to the Hattian civilization. The blade is finely cast in one piece and has a tapering double-edged structure with a pointed tip...

Ancient Egyptian Blue Faience Amulet Lion-Goddess Sekhmet 1200-300 BC Authentic ancient Egyptian ca. 1200-300 B.C blue glaze faience amulet of Sekhmet, the lion-goddess, standing in a long gown with a necklace draping down her chest, hands at her side. She wears on her head the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.

She was both a fierce lioness and the goddess of medicine connected with the soothing of illness and warding off trouble in general...

A very rare stamp seal depicting a warrior, kneeling behind shield holding sword or spear, 500-300 BC.

The seal with drilled hole for wearing and the top and trapezoid / pyramidal shape.

Size: 14,5 mm. tall.

Condition: Superb.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.

Comes with collectors own notes and photos.

An ancient Roman marble hand, with defined fingers and fingernails. Hand grasping, what appears to be remains of a dagger. With extensive remains of encrustations. 1st-3rd century AD. From a NYC private collection. Said to be purchased on the London art market in the late 1990s. 3 1/2 inches wide X 4 1/4 inches high. Mounted.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1000 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.

Attractive and impressive large stamp seal, engraved with an intriquing geomethric design, Anatolia or Mesopotamian, c. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

Interesting design of the seal, floral or perhaps female fertility forms, deeply engraved in the black serpentine stone. Looks a bit like some of the designs during Jemdet Nasr, which could date this seal to around 3300-2900 BC

Size: c...

A large bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate design with smaller cross in the center, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal belongs to the group of varied mostly circular metal stamp seals relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, classified as so-called compartmented seals (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943. P. 179–180, fig. 4) Reff. See Sandro Salvatori Bactria and Margiana Seals: A New Assessment of Their Chronological Positio...

LARGE PAINTED POTTERY WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND, BIBLICAL, LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 -1200 BC
Time of Moses

Painted terracotta wine pitcher, ring base, shaped neck with a tri-foil mouth and typical late bronze age brown paint design all around the shoulders.

Measurements:
Height: 19 cm
Width: 20 cm
Height on stand: 25 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Hebron “City of Abraham” south of Jerusalem, Israel

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Interesting cylinder seal in white stone with fine drill-carving of figures and an alter, Neo-Assyrian provinces, early 1st. mill. BC.

Size: 26-27 mm. tall.

Nicely engraved but with some uncleaned earthern deposits that disturb the imprint a bit, so wit would improve when cleaned.

Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.

Lapis lazuli eye of Horus amulet c. 900 - 600 B.C

Condition: look at pictures

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

A nice lot of 6 stamp seals in various stones, mainly scaraboid seals from the Middle-Assyrian period, c. 1500-1100 BC.

Lot also includes a nice larger Sasanian stamp seal, but with repaired crack.

The seals comes with original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialize...

A superb quality and large for type Islamic pottery bowl, ca. 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH).

Turquoise glazed, pottery bowl with flaring body rising from a short foot. The sides and center carved with a Lotus pattern black markings, all in high relief in the manor of the Seljuqs.

Condition: Superb. Fully iridescent patina in silver and rainbow. Completely intact and uncleaned. Exceptional in hand

Size: 16 cm. wide and approx 9 cm. high.

Proven...

ANCIENT FAIENCE EGYPTIAN "MUMMY BEADS" BRACELET
EGYPT, HYKSOS, Circa, 1550 BC

Impressive wearable bracelet, beautifully recomposed “Restrung” using authentic ancient Egyptian faience, terminated with sterling silver clasp so it can be safely worn today.

Dimensions:
Length: 17 cm
Width: 2.5 cm

Beware of modern fakes!

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Reference:
Egyptian Mummy beads

Egyptian bur...

Green glazed steatite scarab with cartouche of Neb-maat-Re (Amenophis III) and Sphinx 1,5 cm.

18. Dynastie (ca 1400-1350 BC)

Condition: look at pictures

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Important collection of 11 stone axes and tools, Egyptian, 4th. millenium BC.

A selection of different tools in Basalt, Jasper, Gneist and perhaps Jadeite, mainly small axe shapes for grinding spices and cosmetics. Lot also include a wonderful fully polished fragment of a cosmetic palette.

A gem collection with some beautiful colours!

Sizes: 2,3 - 4,3 cm.

Condition: Mostly intact with a few with smaller nicks.

Ex Collection of Karl Jakob M�...

Hand-formed statuette of a small bird on a high foot. Compact head with pointed beak and hinted comb. Tiny punctures for the eyes and around the neck. The short body is followed by a broad, fanned tail with transverse and longitudinal grooves for the feathers.
Votive offering or toy.
Terracotta
Syro-Hittite, 2nd Millennium BC
H 4.3 cm (1.7 in)
L 3.3 cm (1.3 in)
Intact. Base with minor chips.
Ex Bonham’s London, 16.05.2002, lot no. 652.
J...

A fine bronze standard finial of the "Master of Animals" type, worked on both sides identically. A tube in anthropomorphic form showing a human with a long nose and jutting ears, grasping the necks of two animals. The center of the figure with a human mask and two protruding cock's heads. Western Iran, Luristan culture, c. 9th-7th century B.C. Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland. Condition: fine, only slightly bent. With nice patina. Dimension: height: 18.2 cm.

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1400 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8” long (9 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.

Ancient steatite scarab with sphinx, cartouche and papyrus. This type is proven for Amenophis II. and Thutmosis IV.

18. Dynastie (c. 1400 BC)

Condition: look at pictures

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

Excessively rare and superb condition bronze and iron key, European, Early renaissance, 14th.-15th. century (c.1380-1450).

Very interesting heavy bronze bow of a Gothic design and the stem and bit made of iron. A very complicated bit of an S-shape.

The key was probably from a money box or jewellery box, due to the complicated bit and heavy design.

Size: 11 cm. - a large and heavy key for the period.

Condition: Extremely fine, lovely metal.

...

Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this ancient very rare museum quality Roman - Egyptian pottery FROG oil lamp with a star potter's mark on the backside, dating to around 200 AD

THIS LAMP WILL SURELY MAKE A MAJOR ADDITION TO THE FINEST OIL LAMP COLLECTION, A REAL MASTERPIECE

Measurements: Length: 8 cm - Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition, not repaired and not restored very well preserved

The symbolism of the frog related to childbirth and new life

Thi...

ROMAN GLASS FLASK
Roman period, 100 - 300 AD

With ribbed body and a shaped neck, "Would have been probably used to carry perfumed oils and ointments"

Dimensions:
Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 4.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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#62187

ALABASTER FRAGMENTARY FEMALE HEAD
Roman period, 1st – 2nd Century AD

Measurements:
Height: 4 cm
Width: 4 cm
Height on stand: 10.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

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

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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#646078

ANCIENT “Black & White” STONE BEADS NECKLACE
ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST – 2ND CENT. AD

Impressive wearable necklace featuring an ancient Roman agate central bead pendant beautifully recomposed “Restrung” using authentic ancient Roman black and white stone beads, terminated with sterling silver clasp so it can be safely worn today.

Dimensions:
Length: 42 cm

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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A larger for type Late Roman - Byzantine bronze bell, 4th.-8th. century AD.

Heavy walls and with finely patinated surface with green-brown patina. Very nice sound and would have been used for religious purposes.

Size: 8,3 cm. tall and 7 cm. wide, weighing 228 grams.

Ex. Private Collection, aquired before 1980.

Terracotta oil lamp with a long nozzle
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 3rd Century BC

Dimensions:
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY WINE KRATER
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Biblical pottery wine krater with a ring base and a shaped rim. "It was used as wine mixer and cooler"

Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Diameter: 23 cm

Condition: Very good condition untouched as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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A rare and elaborate bronze battle axe, bronze age, Eurasian steppes 2nd. mill.BC.

A finely made bronzeage axe that combines Indo-European nomadic style with a Caspian Sea area touch.

A heavy axe with a large oval socket with 4 ridges and a broadening blade. Peculiar for this culture is the large pronounced ridge on top on the blade near the socket

Size: 13 cm. long.

Condition: Superb. Fine green-red patina with uncleaned sandy pockets.

Ex....

Ancient Greek Tanagra head fragment , the clay buff color with a smooth texture, appears to be a male. Possibly Alexander the Great. Size 2"

An interesting and rare motif of a coiled on a Ubaid period stamp seal of the round gable type, Mesopotamia c. 5th.-4th. millenium BC.

Size: c. 20 mm.

Condition: About Very fine, some light chipping.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from ...

PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
Double-shaped handle, flat base with some ancient paint pigments around the body!

Dimensions:

Height: 13 cm

Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Some professional repair at the Neck/handle hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their h...

A sbeautiful and exceptionally condition pottery bowl with torquoise glaze, black markings and a finely decorated pattern on the interior. Seljug period, 11th.-12th. century.

The beautiful bowl and rather rare type of pedestal bowl. With silvery iridescence on the surface of both the interior and the exterior. Very beautiful colours.

Size: 15,5 cm. in diameter and 8,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine. Superb for type and intact with small chip to the glazed r...

A huge collection of 19 flint blades and flakes dating to around 5th-4th mill B.C. Some could also be earlier since blades like these were used through both Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. They were easy to make and very sharp and efficient tools.

Many from this collection still have sharp edges, and could be used today.

Sizes up to ca. 10-12 cm.

Condition: A very fine collection with nice patinas.

Ex Private collection - many with tags.

This ancient artifact is a stunning bronze spearhead with a double-edged blade that tapers to a sharp point, perfect for penetrating armor or fending off enemies. It features a flattened central rib that runs down the blade's center and extends into a rectangular tang, providing a secure grip for its wielder.

This remarkable piece dates back to the 14th-10th century B.C. and was found in the Caspian Sea area of Amlash. Its intricate design and impeccable craftsmanship are a testament to the...

A delicate female sculpture of terracotta, capturing a goddess of fertility, Indus, Harappa Fase, 2500-1900 BC.

Abstract form with delineated legs, curved arms, voluptuous breasts situated beneath an incised pectoral collar, and broad shoulders. Highly stylized face with impressed circular eyes, prominent nose, slender lips, and tall forehead topped with a neatly arranged coiffure.

Condition: Choice for the fragile and always repaired type, this figure is nicely repaired se...

BURNISHED POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, "Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3000 - 2000 BC

Globular body with a rim folded outwards

Dimensions:
Height: 14 cm
Diameter: 13 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm

Condition: Minor restoration at the rim as shown otherwise intact

Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", Holy Land

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

A superb quality Islamic bowl, Islamic, 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH). Central Asia - Bamiyan.

Pearly white glaze with Sgraffito decoration (relief), pottery bowl with flaring body rising from a short foot. The sides decorated with a beautiful Sgraffito pattern of ovals and center and rim decorated with splashes of brown.

Condition: Choice. Almost perfectly intact and with fine grazing and inherent iridescence.

Size: 9 cm. wide and approx 4,2 cm. high.

POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age II, 900 – 586 BC
“Time of Kings of ancient Israel”

A charming wheel-made reddish pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout and a base

Measurements:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Condition: Minor ancient chip at the rim otherwise intact and in good condition.

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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A well carved intaglio seal in a black stone depicting the swirwling Sea monster Ketos, Greek or early Roman c. 2nd.-1st. cent. BC.

. The seal is set in a 22 carats (916 stamp) modern gold ring in an ancient style.

A solid 5 grams gold ring for it's smaller ringsize of only 14 mm.

Ex. Dutch Private Collection.

A very nice lot of stone stamp seals, and a greenstone axe amulet, Anatolia/Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-1st. mill. BC. (10)

The lot also Includes a beautiful red-black stone seal with grit pattern, dating Ubaid, 4th. mill. BC, a tablet seal with decorations on all sides, and smaller later stamp seals.

The seals comes with the original ID-card from below collection.

Size: Up to c. 17 mm.

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

Ancient egyptian limestone relife fragment 9cm.

Carved in sunken relief as part of a funerary inscription, colored with Egyptian blue pigment.

Condition look at pictures please.

From an old German collection.

If you are interested, feel free to send me a eMail a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

A fine stamp seal in beige-brown stone, Levantine, c. 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal engraved with cross pattern.

Size: 20 mm.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near East / Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Bactrian.

Very large and impressive early Dynastic or pre-dynastic stamp seal, Mesopotamia, ca. late 4th.-early 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal hemispheric, drilled through the top in a greenish-black stone with a high relief engraving of a 4-legged animal.

Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 16,5 mm. high.

Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.

Comes with collectors own notes a...

A super lot of three ancient tanged Bronze daggers from Ancient Near East. Types of the 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.

The lot consist of:
1) A choice and beautiful dagger, c. 26 cm, long with high shoulders and a prominent central midrib, 2nd. mill. BC. On this dagger you can see where the handle of bone or wood once was - very interesting!
2) A nice smaller dagger with rounded shoulders, 3rd. millenium BC, 17,8 cm. long.
3) A 23,1 cm. bronze dagger with early type of p...

Interesting figure of a kneeling man with black African features. The naked man leans forward a little and looks thoughtful. He shows a furrowed brow, receding hairline and puffed up hair.
Nice anatomic detail of the upper body. Right arm missing, a garment covers the partially preserved left.
Superb modeling. Old collection’s tag on the back.
Terracotta
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC
H. 6.2 cm (2.4 in)
H. with stand 8.8 cm (3.5 in)

From a fine private Danish collection of European decorative ironworks, we present this fine Iron handle from a Church door or gate, Danish, Jutland, 16th. century AD.

Interesting large hande with a finial inlaid with cobber and bronze. Exceptional workmanship for the period.

The handle once adorned a large outer door or gate to a Church in Western Denmark.

Size: c. 24 cm. long and 10-11 cm. deep.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Peders...

Serpentine Horus falcon, with defined wings, beak and tail feathers. Late Period, 600-30 B.C. 1 1/4 inches high X 1 1/8 inches long. Intact. From an old French collection.

Shabti for Djedkhonsuiuefankh (I) Worker

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

Djedkhonsuiuefankh – Dd-xnsw-iwf-anx

Also known as Amennioutnakht

The name means ‘Khonsu has said, he will live

God’s father of Amen-Re, the king of the gods, Steward, Overseer of the double Granary, Chief scribe of Amen-Re.

In several publications the Wab-priest Djedkhonsuiuefankh has been linked to A.141 but given the...

Ancient Egyptian large black-topped Redware Vase, pre-Dynastic Naqada I period, c. 3750 BC. It's intact but shows signs of use, especially inside, from contents being stirred. It is 10" (25.4 cm) tall. It is authentic and nearly 6,000 years old.

Wooden panel inlaid with mother-of-pearl, bone and ebony. It must be a piece of a very nice old Ottoman part of furniture. This type of decoration was made from the 16th century in Turkey at the height of the empire and is found today on very rare prestigious furniture. The style, quality and inlays (which are very thick) of this panel should allow a specialist to date it with precision. Length about 25cm. With a lot of luck, maybe this panel will find its original furniture? Otherwise it w...

Egyptian Amarna New Kingdom 18th-19th Dynasty Fiance highly detailed molded bead , good condition c 1300 BC. Size over 1/2"

Interesting black stone cylinder seal, Western Mesopotamia, Hittite / Provincial Assyrian style of the mid 2nd. millenium BC.

The seal is carved with a large bird and the Tree Of Life.

Condition: Nice VF, basically intact with much uncleaned dirt on the surfaces.

Comes with COA and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and...