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Interesting ushabti from Memphis dating to the late 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. The owner was an official from the Temple of Ptah.

One half of a stone mould for bronze casting an axe head. The equipment is from a workshop of the 2nd Millennium BC, probably from the Carpathian Basin. From the famous Guttmann Collection. This mould was published in a work by Born and Hansen.

The Egyptian scarab from the Second Intermediate Period is decorated with a geometrical pattern. A nefer hieroglyph stands for good luck.

Small tablet with drill hole. Cuneiform receipt for bricks or pottery. Very well preserved piece from the late 3rd millenium BC.

The stamp shows the anra formula in a cartouche. The amulet should thus serve a magic or ritual purpose for its owner.

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.

Small cuneiform writing tablet with well preserved text on both sides.

Very nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.

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

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

Small cuneiform writing tablet with well preserved text on both sides.

Interesting group of two artefacts. A Neolithic flint blade from Egypt and a Bronze Age mould for casting or hammering metal.

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

Figure painted in black and red from the 12th dynasty of ancient Egypt. Probably part of a larger wooden model for a tomb.

The small stone pot of nicely polished granite was used for Kohl, the eye cosmetic of the ancient Egyptians. From the time between Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.

Characteristic type of vessel for the Mycenaean civilization in Bronze Age Greece. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

Figure painted in black and red from the 12th dynasty of ancient Egypt. Probably part of a larger wooden model for a tomb.

Clay tile from the temple of Eridu, donated around 2040 BC. Dedicated by Amar-Sin, king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Studied for a research project in 1983.

Small seal made of appealing igneous rock. The engraved wave pattern is typical for the late Uruk period of Mesopotamia.

Group of two bronze points for small spears or large arrows from the Bronze or Early Iron Age. With a nice green patina.

The stamp shows hieroglyphs with a title for the king of Upper and Lower Egypt. This scaraboid is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

The finger ring with its scene on the plate must have served a protective function for an expectant mother. New Kingdom, approx. 1550 to 1070 BC.

The small and tall stone vessel is made of alabaster. From the collection of Egyptologist Professor Wiedemann.

The elegant stone vase was probably used as an ointment vessel. 5th to 6th dynasty of ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom.

The thin-walled stone cup is reminiscent of a lotus bud. From the collection of Egyptologist Professor Wiedemann. 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

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

The magnificent seal is from the Jemdet Nasr period. The stamp shows quadrupeds and a scorpion. Published in a book about the Epstein collection.

The well preserved Bronze Age pottery bears a geometric painted pattern. Acquired in 1977 at Davies Antiques in London, it is claimed to have been found in Syria.

Excellently preserved, rare for such a large object. 1977 on exhibition in the Bielefeld Museum of Fine Arts. From an old German private collection, acquired at Christie's in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate.

Pottery vessel with fantastic decoration dating to the Urnfield period, the transition between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. Found in Southern Germany. 1200 to 800 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.

A group of seven miniature bowls and three miniature vases made of clay. Once filled with offerings and used ritually during a foundation stone laying ceremony. Dating to the Old Kingdom, around 2500 BC.

Nicely preserved pottery dating to the Urnfield period, the transition between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. Found in Southern Germany. 1200 to 800 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.

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

Amulet seal with complex design of crosses on the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.