Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this very large Egyptian granite ceremonial spear head. Spears in ancient Egypt were primarily used for hunting, however the spear never surpassed the bow and arrow. Spear heads like this one were attached to long wooden shafts by means of a tang and were often used in the military as auxiliary weapons used by charioteers once their arrows were expended. Many scenes depict military processions where the army presents large spears in succession...

Steatite white motto scarab 11cm

Condition: look at pictures

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A finely engraved Hyksos scarab, 17th.-16th. cent. BC.

The scarab is engraved with robe pattern in the center and with other hieroglyphs to each side, untranslated.

The seat of power of the Hyksos kings was the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta, from where they ruled over Lower Egypt and Middle Egypt up to Cusae.

Size: 19 x 13,5 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine and completely intact with remnants of torquise glaze in the devices.

Ex. G. D...

BLACK STONE MACE-HEAD
Egypt, Predynastic Period
Naqada II or III, c. 3600 - 3100 B.C.

There is a bow drilled hole that runs through the center, and there is wear on the outer edges at each end of the hole...

An large accomplisheed Two-finger amulet, Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 322 B.C.

The amulet well-modelled in a fine glossy black obsidian

Size: 73 mm. mm. long.

Condition: Very fine, loss to part of the smaller right fnger.

Two-finger amulets were used for the dead and were often found on the lower left of the torso. This is the area of the incision that was made during the mummification process in order to remove the internal organs...

A steatite motto scarab with torquise blue glazed and inscription where cobras confronted with falcon.

Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 15 (about 1650–1550 BC)

Size 13mm

Condition: look at pictures

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A lovely somewhat pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a fine speckled dark diorite stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.

Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 5,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Good very fine, intact with minor wear and patina.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, Old European collection purchased 1972, comes with COA from 'Ancient Art - the gallery, London.

A SET OF THREE EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CONICAL COLLARED COSMETIC VESSELS
Middle Kingdom, Circa, 1985 – 1773 B.C
Old Kingdom, 2494 – 2181 B.C

Measurements:
Height: 6 – Diameter: 4.5 cm
Height: 6 cm – Diameter: 2.5 cm
Height: 7 cm - Diameter: 3 cm
Condition: Un-touched as found, not repaired and not restored

Mounted on a custom plexi-glass “Lucite” display stand

Provenance: Aweidah's collection before 1970 - Registered at the IAA

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Relics of the Nile is pleased to present his wonderful twin-handled Egyptian alabastron. The alabastron is nicely banded and well-sculpted with a cylindrical neck and disc rim. The alabastron is presented on a custom base for easy display and measures 3.25" in height (3.7" tall including the base". Egypt, Late Period ca 664 - 350 B.C..

Scarab Scarab with original gold edging / 10mm

Condition: look at pictures

From an old German collection.

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A rare and attractive early Egyptian vessel / beaker, dating to the Old Kingdom, 2649 - 2150 BC.

The conical beaker with a wide flat rim and craved in finely banded alabaster.

Size: 68 mm. tall. and 62 mm. wide over the rim.

Condition: Very fine for the very rare type, with small chip to the rim restored.

Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.

A lovely large scarab, probably made in Canaanite lands of the Levante, Early New Kingdom 16th.-15th. century BC.

A beautiful carving of a large Lion attacking a rather small feeble Human with a spear. The Lion is here probably meant to represent the Pharao and the human, could be a Levantine warrior? Very well carved base and with carvings on the back as well.

Size: 22 x 15 mm.

Condition: Near Very fine, large ancient ding to the back as seen in the pictures...

A finely polished and fully symethric Egyptian stone jar made of a type of beautiful chlorite stone, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.

The jar was used to hold cosmethics in the 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC. Nice marks of drill inside, recessed footring and a tiny rim also carved!

Size: 35 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine quality jar.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, Ex. Timeline originals (UK), comes with their COA! Ex Dr. Beekmans collection, Germany.

Rare faience (blue green glazed) clay Egyptian scarab amulets on a custom stand. Scarabs were popular amulets and impression seals in Ancient Egypt. Egyptian faience is a non-clay based ceramic composed of crushed quartz or sand, with small amounts of calcite lime and a mixture of alkalis, displaying surface vitrification due to the soda lime silica glaze often containing copper pigments to create a bright blue-green luster...

Wall fragment rendered in sunk hieroglyphs showing a nicely carved vulture over a shallow bowl and the sign for bread. The sequence mentions the goddess Mut and can be completed to the recurring epithet ‘Mut mistress of the sky’ [Mwt nbt pt].
The feet of another bird appear over the vulture.
Mut was an ancient Egyptian sky goddess and great divine mother. During the 18th Dynasty she formed the Theban triad together with the god Amun and her youthful son Khons...

Important collection of 8 stone axes and tools, Egyptian, 4th. millenium BC.

A selection of 8 ancient stone axes in Basalt, Gneist and perhaps Jadeite or Jasper(?), These are in high demand and typical for this period in Egypt, used for everyday work of grinding and chopping, wooden carvings, cosmetics etc.

A gem collection with some beautiful colours!

Sizes: 2,5 to nearly 6 cm...

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...

Egyptian head with side lock, probably of Harpokrates, the infant son of Isis and Horus.
The face shows almond shaped eyes, a flattish nose, and slit mouth. The well preserved left ear appears just below the partially present side lock. The neck slightly bent to the figure’s left side.
The head most likely belongs to an ithyphallic limestone figure. For a related example, cf...

A choice example of a of a large Wadj Sceptre in brown hardstone, with the stone aiming to imitate rolled papyrus.

The scroll is widest at the top, where there is a neck below the faux loop for suspension. The base tapers into a softened point. Such an amulet would have been for ritual buriel.

Size: c. 32 mm.

Condition: good very fine and intact.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous Germa...

Ancient Egyptian alabaster vase
Dated from, 1096 - 747 BC

LARGE Ancient Egyptian elegant cosmetic vessel, in slender form with a collared rim, tapering to a narrow base. Artfully exploiting the banding in the stone, excellent surface preservation.

Measurements:
Height: 21 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 23 cm

Nicely mounted on a custom made acrylic display stand

Condition: Minor chip at the rim around neck as shown otherwise intact, untouched as f...

An good Two-finger amulet, Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 322 B.C.

The stylized amulet carved in grey-black stone.

Size: 29-30 mm. long.

Condition: Good Very fine, intact with minor wear and fine patination.

Two-finger amulets were used for the dead and were often found on the lower left of the torso. This is the area of the incision that was made during the mummification process in order to remove the internal organs. These amulets were meant magically to ...

RED STONE MACE-HEAD
Egypt, Predynastic Period
Naqada II or III, c. 3600 - 3100 B.C.

Dimensions:
Height: 6 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm Condition: Surface age weathering on one side

A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge—that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows. A mace typically consisted of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often rein...

A large writing tablet amulet in stone, probably a type of feldspar, 664 - 332 BC.

Size: 32 mm. tall.

Amulets in the form of a writing tablet are unique to the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty and later. They are always rectangular in shape with a suspension tube at the top and made from green, blue, or dark-colored material, feldspar being by far the most common.

Condition: Good Very fine, intact.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfs...

A very attractive large Udjat eye amulet, Egyptian, and probably Late period, mid 1st. millenium BC.

The amulet is vcarved in a hard Diorite stone, very beautiful in hand.

Size: 26-27 mm. wide and very thick.

Condition: Choice and as made, the drill went wrong, visible at the back so the artist drilled another hole just beside the first one.

Private Collection, ex Jürgen Haering, aquired at Galerie am Museum, Freiburg, 2008.

An ancient Egyptian white steatite scarab, with finely engraved anatomical features such as clypeus, prothorax and elytra. The reverse is detailed with hieroglyphs, including the engraved depiction of a beetle scarab with the sun disk, a basket, a feather of Maat and a papyrus stem. The amulet is pierced longitudinally for suspension.

Origin: Egypt

Period: 1539 - 664 B.C.

Date: 18th - 25th Dynastie

Material: Steatite

Dimension: 1,3 cm. ...

Ancient egyptian motto scarab with torquise blue glaze 13mm

A faience motto scarab. The base is inscribed with the characters Reed, Nefer and Neb, which together make up an Amun trigram.

Comparison: Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Baseler Sammung. Page 332 n.712 Condition: look at pictures

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ALBASTER STONE MACE-HEAD
Egypt, Pre-dynastic; Naqada II or III, c. 3600 - 3100 B.C.

Rounded-shaped alabaster stone mace-head with cylindrical drill hole in the center. Was once attached to a wooden shaft and used as a weapon to strike at an enemy

Dimensions:
Height: 5 cm
Diameter: 6 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Mounted on custom made plexi-glass display stand

Condition: Good condition

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Ancient egyptian white stone pearl scarab 13mm

Condition: look at pictures

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This amulet is carved from a beautiful blue-green stone, most probably jasper and has been done with great attention to detail. The surface has a wonderful "mellow" patina and great tactile appeal. It measures 1"in height and is free from any restoration or re-carving. Inserted on a wooden stand, easily removed, should one desire. Dating to the Middle Kingdom. Ex London art market. Additional photos can be had upon request.

Glazed steatite royal scarab with inscription stating "Akheperu-Re" (Amenhotep II), 18th dynasty, @ 1425 –1400. 3/4 inch. From a Florida estate collection. Said to be purchased in the early 1980s.

Six ancient egyptian red jasper hair rings

Condition: look at pictures

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A finely incised Beetle scarab of a more naturalistic form with detailed engraving of the Beetle itself, New Kingdom, c. 1539–1075 BC.

Interesting engraving on the base with a large Ankh hieroglyphs that looks to have legs and is walking towards another elongated figural sign.

Size: 17-18 mm.

Condition: Very fine, intact with much wear to the glaze, attractive patina!

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)....

An attractive and scarcely seen cosmetic vessel, Egyptian, Middle-New Kingdom, early-mid 2nd. millenium BC.

The fine jar, ovoid in form with a pointed base and a collar at the mouth.

Size: c. 60 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, small chips to the rim and minor wear, othervise intact.

Provenance: Peter Treffz-Eichoefer Collection

Interesting cross hanger, carved in a dark steatite stone, with white slip or glazing. The white cross form is inlaid with another red cross form in sandstone or ceramics and done with an extra cross bar. Christian Egypt, 100-500 AD, probably Coptic.

Size: 11,7 cm. tall and 9,7 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice and intact with wear to the white glaze and extensive patination.

Ex. Old Danish Estate collection

This Ointment bowl designed as a nile perch and is made out of limestone.

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Condition: look at pictures

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Fine Egyptian Cosmetic vessel, c. 25th.-30th. dynasty, 712-332 BC.

The vessel of slender form and beautifully polished, the vessel tapering to a rounded base and circular disc rim, probably a cosmetic vessel.

Size: 52 mm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Provenance: Peter Treffz-Eichoefer Collection, Ex. MEDUSA Ancient Art, this vessel comes with a Certificate and invoice from Medusa Art from august 2007, ($475 total). Formerly in the French art mar...