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Slings were used by all ancient cultures of the Mediterranean. We could acquire a large group of lead bullets used by a professional Greek army between the 5^th and 2^nd century BC. Many projectiles from this group are inscribed or decorated with a symbol. They still tell a story from ancient Greece.

Dear valued customers, there will be no shipping between July 19^th and August 7^th 2018. Of course, our goal is to ship out all orders before that date. Customer service will take place as usual. Orders placed within the mentioned period will be mailed out after August 7^th.

Amphoras were very typical transport vessels in antiquity. But this piece is special, because it has obviously been reused after its time as an amphora. An oval opening has been cut into a side wall. We suspect the object was subsequently used as a basin, for example to wash in it.

Various small bronze works from ancient Greece and Rome now enrich our online shop. Among them are plastic representations of a bull, a ram and a dove. We are looking forward to your interest.

We added numerous ancient artefacts to the online gallery during the last days. Pieces we found particularly stunning include a zoomorphic vessel from Iron Age Iran, the central part of a mummy cartonnage depicting the four sons of Horus and Kheper-Ra, as well as a Roman ribbed glass bowl made of beautiful aubergine glass. Have a look and enjoy.

This pin is decorated with a seven-pointed star - but it has nothing to do with Game of Thrones. It is rather a very distinct type for Iron Age Luristan in what is today Iran. The highly developed bronze works of Luristan form a unique fusion between the art of the Near Eastern civilizations and the nomadic peoples living in the wide open spaces of the steppe.
This particular pin design with a large decorated head evolved in no other culture. It is a distinguishing Luristan type of artefact.
Disc-headed pin from Luristan

Dear valued customers, Christmas is coming fast and many of you have decided to give a piece of history as a present. Our last day for shipping will be 2017 December 19^th. All orders that will have been paid until December 18^th noon can be brought on their ways within Germany the following day. The delivery will be until Christmas. Shipping outside of Germany will not be possible in that timeframe due to the long waiting time for export permits. The first day of shipping in the new year will be 2019 January 10^th. You will not be able to reach us via phone and email between December 23^rd and January 2^nd. We will spend a quiet time with our families. For 2018, we are already looking forward to start with lots of energy and new ideas.

We are happy to announce various new items in our online shop. Among them are Roman aurei as well as one rare gold coin from Roman republican times. There is also a group of oil lamps from the Holy Land, dating to classical antiquity and Late Antiquity. The lamps are described in detail in our catalogue of ancient oil lamps of the Mediterranean World.

Dear valued customers, there will be no shipping between August 19^th and September 10^th 2017. Of course, our goal is to ship out all running orders before that date. Customer service will take place as usual. Orders placed within the mentioned period will be mailed out after September 10^th.

Vases from Classical Antiquity are sought-after objects for collections of ancient art. We are happy to present four interesting vessels of this type. Two of them are bell craters from South Italy, one of which can be attributed to the Nicholson painter and is published twice. In addition, you will find an Etruscan urn and a rare precursor of a bell krater dating to the early Orientalizing period of Ancient Greece.