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Impressive piece of jewellery because of its size and decoration. From Central Europe, made during Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.

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

Beautiful seal of light brown marble. It shows a crowded scene of two felines attacking two quadrupeds. From the Early Bronze Age of Mesopotamia.

Made of beautiful red stone, worked with the drill. From the transitional period between Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia.

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

The hemispherical pottery bowls of this type were a successful export good of Late Bronze Age Cyprus. They are nicely decorated with bands of hatch-patterns.

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.

The seal of light red stone shows two panels with interposed and stylized aquatic animals. Made around the onset of Bronze Age in Mesopotamia.

The beige seal shows three groups of stylized fish. Am artefact from Bronze Age Mesopotamia or south-west Iran.

From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.

From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.

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

Nice small biconical vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Dating to the Late Bronze Age.

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

The seal made of light-colored stone dates from the Bronze Age of Mesopotamia. The stylization of the depicted eyes is reminiscent of the well-known eye idols.

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

The seal shows a stunning stylized scene with a Bronze Age temple facade next to a wild animal and eyes. From Mesopotamia or south-west Iran.

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.

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

Very nicely engraved seal made of haematite. The orderly scene shows two gods of the Babylonians.

Typical Red Polished ware from Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, around 2000 BC.

This seal from Old Babylon has been reworked in Old Assyrian style, probably in Anatolia or Northern Syria. It tells a story of political and cultural diversity in the ancient Near East.

Double-edged blade of a lance from Bronze Age. With a nice green patina.

Double-edged blade of a lance from Bronze Age. With a nice green patina.

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

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.

Worship scene for a god. Mention of the Babylonian gods of storm, moon and sun in the inscription.

Double-edged blade of a lance from Bronze Age. With a nice green patina.

Characteristic figure for the Bronze Age in the region that is today northern Syria. Dating to the 3rd or early 2nd Millennium BC.

Finely polished stone shaped like a stylized ram head with spiral horns. Bronze Age amulet from the Middle East.

Double-edged blade and flat shaft made of beautiful flintstone. A status symbol from the transitional period between Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.

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

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.

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

Seal of reddish brown stone from the Middle Bronze Age of Mesopotamia. It shows three standing deities, one with the shepherd's staff of Amurru.

So-called Bilbil jugs of the Base Ring I ware. A testament to the opium trade of the late Bronze Age.