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Interesting clay figurine from Western Asia during Bronze Age. Nice overall impression.

Small tablet with well preserved cuneiform engravings. Interesting Bronze Age document from Mesopotamia.

Excessively rare brooch type from Late Bronze Age in Bavaria. It is known from the Urnfield period hoard of Reisen near Munich in Germany. This piece has been found near Regensburg, Germany.

Wonderful little metal figure from Elam, made during Bronze Age. With a characteristic curly tail.

Female figurine from Bronze Age Syria, 3rd to beginning of 2nd millenium BC. With characteristic bird shaped head.

Basic shape of a four sided pyramid. Made of wonderful intensely red stone. Middle Bronze Age of Anatolia.

Simple fibula shape dating to the Late Bronze Age. Interesting mix of two-sided spiral spring and simple pin holder.

Ceramic vessel in perfect condition with original painted frieze. Magnificent attest to the Middle Elamite civilization of Bronze Age Iran.

Unusually big shield idol of the Kusura type dating to the Anatolian Bronze Age, 3rd millenium BC. Made of beautiful white marble.

Record of beer and bread rations for laborers. Probably from the Bronze Age city of Umma. The cuneiform tablet was studied and conserved at Yale University.

Spitze einer Lanze / eines Speers aus der Eisenzeit, 1200 bis 650 v. Chr., Hochzeit der elamitischen Kultur. Aufwändig und meisterhaft gearbeitet. 115mm lang, Gewicht 27,52g.

Spitze einer Lanze / eines Speers aus der Eisenzeit, 1200 bis 650 v. Chr., Hochzeit der elamitischen Kultur. Aufwändig und meisterhaft gearbeitet. 95mm lang, Gewicht 22,49g.

The zoomorphic axehead from Mesopotamia is an exceedingly rare variety of the Naram-Sin type. Akkadian Empire, around 2300 BC.

Nicely preserved specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

Fully preserved, early vase from the Bronze Age. 1977 on exhibition in the Bielefeld Museum of Fine Arts. From an old German private collection, acquired 1970 at Sotheby's. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate.

Nicely decorated specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

Idol aus weißem, feinkristallinem Marmor vom sogenannten Kusura-Typus. Aus der Bronzezeit Anatoliens, 3. Jt. v. Chr. Begutachtet durch Professor W. G. Lambert. Museumswürdig.

Seal of beautiful white marble. It shows a frieze of highly stylized water creatures.

The unusually long seal shows two horned animals with grain and eye symbols. A wonderful artefact from ancient Mesopotamia.

The seal made of nice red stone shows three gazelles walking in line. A wonderful artefact from the Jemdet Nasr period.

The Late Minoan piece has two stamped surfaces depicting animals. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988, as well as in the database of the German archaeological institute (DAI).

Große luristanische Speerspitze mit Spuren von Kampfeinsatz. 2500 bis 1000 v. Chr., 185mm lang. Zeugnis der eigenständigen Kultur in der persischen Provinz Luristan.

The seal shows several gods in front of the god of the heaven. The piece comes from Anatolia or northern Syria, quite possibly from Cappadocia.

A beautiful serpentine seal with three engraved surfaces, worn like a bead. It dates from the Old Palace Period of Crete, around 1800 BC. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988.

Schlichter Ohrring, Verschluss als Hohlzylinder mit Einschnürung in der Mitte gestaltet. 15 mm x 17 mm, Gewicht 1.05 Gramm.

Scene with sun god Shamash and the Amorite god Amurru. The cuneiform writing names the owner of the seal, a faithful servant of these deities.

Interesting seal from Mesopotamia during the Akkad III period. It shows worshippers with cups standing before the sky god.

Italisches Tüllenbeil mit breiter Schneide. Späte Bronzezeit Italiens. Vollständig intakt mit wunderschöner dunkler Patina.

The seal of black stone bears a scene with four noblemen or gods. Late Syrian, around 1500 BC.

The scarab amulet was made during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt or slightly later in Canaan. It has pseudo hieroglyphs on the bottom side.

The Mesopotamian seal shows a geometrical arrangement of schematic turtles or tadpoles. Around 3000 BC.

Beautiful beads of orange-patterned carnelian, beige-banded agate, and pleasantly contrasting blue lapis lazuli. Similar to the jewelry of the Sumerian queen Puabi. Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia, around 2500 BC.

Local levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Local levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The scarab amulet was made during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt or slightly later in Canaan. It has pseudo hieroglyphs on the bottom side.

This Old Babylonian seal with a worship scene is made from lapis lazuli, a very rare choice for this period.