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Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside that should give protection or good luck to the owner according to ancient Egyptian beliefs. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Interesting bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Compact bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Small amulet of nice red stone in the stylized shape of a pig. From the 3rd Millenium BC.

Heavy stone head of a mace with a depressed globular shape. Beautiful whitish brown hardstone. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Asia.

Made in the style of a scarab but with a hippopotamus on the upper side. It was a protective amulet during the 18th or 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. It might have protected a pregnant woman. The amulet comes from the famous Matouk collection and is published in his 1971 book.

Trapezoidal axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Heavy head of a mace with an ovoid shape. Wonderful veined rock. From Early Bronze Age of the Near East.

Exceptionally rare main piece of a hand spindle. A find from Thebes in Upper Egypt. From the reign of pharao Senusret II, around 1840 BC.

Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Elegant vessel with three handles and painting. From the Mycenaean Age around 1300 BC.

Amulet seal with interesting design at the underside that might represent the unity of Egypt. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Heavy head of a mace with a globular shape. Nicely polished stone. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Asia.

Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside that should give protection or good fortune to the owner according to ancient Egyptian beliefs. New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

Conoid clay nail from the tomb of crown prince Amunemopet. From Thebes during the 18th dynasty. New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

Egyptian funerary figurine from the Third Intermediate Period. The owner's name is rarely attested and could hint to an origin in the Faiyum Oasis.

The pieces were part of a mosaic decoration of a Mesopotamian structure in the 4th Millenium BC. The temple architecture from Uruk is a particularly well known example of such a use.

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

Small conoid clay nail with cuneiform inscription. From the main temple of Uruk, that is also mentioned in the Epos of Gilgamesh. Circa 3rd Millenium BC.

Small clay tablet with well preserved Sumerian cuneiform writing. From Mesopotamia, probably from Uruk.

Tall Egyptian funerary statuette from the New Kingdom. From the collection of the archaeologist and artist Erich Charlier.

Holy Land, 3rd - 2nd millennium BC. Exhibited in the Jewish Museum in New York City in 1975. Moshe Dayan was a famous Israeli politician and military leader who served as Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, personally commanded the Israeli forces during the 1956 Suez Crisis and served as Defense Minister.

The lovely seal made of black hematite is from Middle Bronze Age Anatolia or Syria. It is from the famous Erlenmeyer collection, built in the 1940ies to 1960ies.

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.

Matching pair of Late Bronze Age jewellery made of massive gold in the Eastern Mediterranean. The shape is reminiscent of boats made of budles of reed.

Das frühdynastische Rollsiegel aus Mesopotamien zeigt eine Szene mit zwei Personen im Boot, eine davor stehende mit Stab. Es ist aus schönem karamellfarbenem Stein geschnitten. Mitte 3. Jt. v. Chr.

Levantinisches Zylindersiegel aus schwarzem Stein. 2. Jt. v. Chr., vermutlich Spätbronzezeit. 16mm lang.

Vorderasiatisches Zylindersiegel aus schwarzem Stein mit geometrischem Motiv. Ca. 17mm lang. Spätbronzezeit.

Votivaxt oder eine Grabbeigabe mit symbolischer Funktion. Vermutlich aus Luristan. Mitte 3. - 2. Jt. v. Chr. Sehr guter Zustand, stabile Bronze mit kräftiger Patina.

Vermutlich Dolchklinge aus dem Nahen Osten. 160mm lang, 31mm breit. Etwa 2. Jt. v. Chr. Aus einer alten deutschen Sammlung.

Meißel aus Bronze mit charakteristischen Randleisten. Länglicher, schlanker Körper mit geschwungenen Seiten. Gefunden in Ringwood, Hampshire, Großbritannien.

Länglicher, flacher Körper mit geraden Seiten. Ca. 2 Jt. v. Chr., Bronzezeit. Sehr gute Erhaltung, vermutlich ein Fund aus Großbritannien.

Das vermutlich sumerische Rollsiegel aus schönem schwarzen Stein trägt ein geometrisches Muster als Motiv. Es stammt aus der Uruk- bis Djemdet Nasr-Zeit, 4. bis frühes 3. Jt. v. Chr.

Szene mit Herde in Stallung, vermutlich Darstellung göttlichen Segens. Ein Vergleichsfund aus Farah befindet sich im Vorderasiatischen Museum Berlin. 4. bis frühes 3. Jt. v. Chr.

14. Jh. v. Chr. Heute noch erhaltene Überreste der Bautätigkeit Amenophis III. sind die Memnonkolosse, sowie der Hauptteil des Luxor-Tempels.

Die Stempelfläche trägt ein dekoratives Muster mit ästhetischer oder magischer Funktion. Sehr schöner und anschaulicher Skarabäus, in etwa aus der Zweiten Zwischenzeit des Alten Ägyptens. 2000 bis 1300 v. Chr.