All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1488631
The cylinder seal is carved in fine white-beige stone, and can be dated to Mesopotamia, Late Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3000-2900 BC. (Collon, period 1B).

The impressive seal is carved with 4 horned animals in very deep relief all the way around the thick cylinder.

Size: 30 mm. tall and 24 mm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, intact with some wear and corrosion and quite attractive.

Ex. Private Collection of Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, from c. 1980-1998...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1455829
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #515974 (stock #3084)
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Late Roman period, 4th Cent. AD

Nicely decorated with two large engraved palm branches on the sides. Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#930846

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375616 (stock #322)
TERRACOTTA OLIVE OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 14 cm
Width: 8 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Very good condition untouched as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1355655 (stock #1740)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1490338
Elaborate Roman silver ring, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.

The ring is moulded with a large female bust on the top. She is either a deity or a high-born lady, with a tall draped hairdress and diadem.

Size: about 25 mm. wide. 9.60 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. stable and Wearable. The surface with corrosion and brown deposits.

Ex. German private collection since 1990s, aquired at Gerard Hirsch Nachfolger Auctionhouse...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375497 (stock #2316)
POTTERY WINE PITCHER
BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 4th – 5th CENT. AD

Cylindrical-shaped neck with a ridge and a flat base.

Measurements:
Height: 19 cm
Diameter: 15 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Byzantine : Pre AD 1000 item #1488681
Interesting and rare bronze bell, perhaps from a a church or monastery, Early Byzantine c. 8th.-10th. century.

The wide Bell with a solid loop and inscribed all the way around the body with: O AΓHOC BΛACHOC=The Saint Blaise.

Diameter: 7,2 cm. and c. 6 cm. tall.

Blaise of Sebaste in Latin: Blasius (martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1472278
JFF Ancient Art
€560.00

Rare ancient Egyptian opaque blue glass pendant in the shape of a pomegranate with yellow and white details.

For comparable amulets see:
Louvre Museum, Paris, E 2284 ; AF 2600 and N 1850 ; AF 2312
British Museum, London, EA48064 and EA68538
Petrie Museum UC22890
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 11.215.446

Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Glass
Size: ca...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1356156 (stock #4068)
GLASS PERFUME FLASK
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - 2nd Cent. AD

Yellowish color, roundel flat body with a little cylindrical shape neck. Dimensions:
Height: 7 cm
Diameter: 3.5 cm

Condition: Very good condition.

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1444319
An interestion and rare bronze battleaxe, European, late bronzeage-early Ironage period, 1st. millenium BC.

A beautiful axe, long slender type with mounting hole to the back and a slightly curving blade.

Size: 13,5 cm. long

Condition: Superb, fine green patina with a dusting of earthern encrustations.

This axe comes from a find in Germany and was offcially exported with a license.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1442292
A huge bronzeage Torc, mid-European bronzeage, ca. 1200-800 BC.

An impressive piece of bronzeage jevellery, a warriors neck-ring, likely from Austria or Hungary. Desined with hook and eye and spiral decoration.

Size: 21,7 cm. in diameter and nearly round.

Condition: Choice and intact with wonderful vivid green and blue patina with a few lighter rough spots.

Ex South-German collection, formerly in an Austrian private collection, 1980s and ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1375514 (stock #1121)
FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF AN ANIMAL
PHILISTINE, IRON AGE, 1200 BC

Probably a part of a Kernos! Measurements:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm

Condition: Horns missing in antiquity, untouched as found

Found near Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

Beautifully mounted on a plexi-glass display stand of high quality

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PHILISTINES:
THEY ARE AL...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1477456
An interesting a rare cylinder seal in bronze, Eastern Mesopotamia / Greater Persia, c. 2nd. mill. BC.

A very attractive cylinder carved with animals walking on a decorated border below.

Size: 35-36 mm. tall and c. 8 mm. thick.

Condition: Good Very fine, nice light green patina.

Comes with hard impression and COA.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, boug...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1355821 (stock #1104)
POTTERY WINE PITCHER
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 3rd - 1st Century B.C.

Nicely made with a cylindrical-shaped neck and a ring base

Dimensions:
Height: 15 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm

Condition: Neck/handle professionally repaired hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#811048

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1218084 (stock #828)
POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age, 1200 – 1000 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”

A charming wheel-made pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout.

Measurements:
Length: 12 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Byzantine : Pre AD 1000 item #1399443 (stock #G208)
Authentic ancient 6th-10th Century A.D. Large Byzantine bronze pendant cross, with ribbed round-section arms, with bulbus finials centered by a notched stepped rectangle, an integral suspension loop above.

CONDITION: In its original condition showing the age and usage with a nice dark green-brown patina

DIMENSIONS: Height: 7.1 cm (2.8 inches). Width: 5.1 cm (2 inches)

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1235484 (stock #1022)
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#810228