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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ägyptisches Stempelsiegel-Amulett in der stark stilisierten Form eines Skarabäuskäfers. Die Stempelfläche trägt eine symbolische Verzierung. 1. Jt. v. Chr.

Ägyptisches Stempelsiegel-Amulett in der stilisierten Form eines Skarabäuskäfers. Die Stempelfläche trägt Hieroglyphen. Das Amulett datiert in die 18. Dynastie des Alten Ägyptens.

Small amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.

Small amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.

Protective amulet in the form of a statuette of the lion-headed goddess with a hieroglyphic inscription on the back. A wonderful and large faience from the Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt.

Skarabäussiegel aus dem 2. Jt. v. Chr. mit ansprechender türkisfarbener Fayenceoberfläche. Die Stempelfläche trägt eine hieroglyphische Inschrift.

Ägyptisches Skarabäusamulett mit typischen Symbolen für die Herrschaftszeit der Hyksos. Aus der Zeit der Fremdherrschaft, ca. 1650 bis 1550 v. Chr.

12. bis 18. Dynastie des Alten Ägypten, ca. 2000 v. Chr. bis 1300 v. Chr. Die Stempelfläche trägt ein Knotenmuster mit ästhetischer oder mutmaßlich magischer Funktion.

The scarab amulet is made of steatite. It has a hieroglyphic inscription on the lower side, including a reference to Amun-Re.

The Bronze Age vessel has wonderful linear decorative bands, the white filling of which contrasts with the dark slip. Circa 2500 to 2000 BC.

The scarab amulet has a cartouche and neb on the bottom. 18th to 20th dynasty of ancient Egypt.

Nice scarab made of dark steatite. The hieroglyphs could be read as New Year's wishes.

Scarab amulet with a twisted cord motive. Beautiful and well preserved piece from the Second Intermediate Period.

Scarab amulet made of bright, almost white steatite. 13th to 15th dynasty. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

The stamp side shows a scarab with two uraeus snakes. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

Egyptian scarab from the 19th to 20th dynasty. With horse and hieroglyphs.

The lower side bears a hieroglyph inscription. Nice piece from the Freemark collection. New Kingdom.

A piece from the Ramesside Period to the early Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt. Great early 20th century provenance.

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

The bottom side shows Horus, Uraeus and crocodile. The crocodile could be interpreted a the god Sobek.

The scarab amulet from Ramesside times has a beetle engraved in the lower side, flanked by two symbols.

Interesting amulet from the New Kingdom or a later period made in archaic style. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

Ancient Egyptian amulet seal with beautiful motive. Six lotus flowers are forming volutes. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

The piece from the Ramesside period shows the goddess of truth and justice. Next to her is a name, probably that of pharao Mencheperre, who is famous as Thutmosis III.

The hieroglyphs are of the so called anra design, a magic spell in the ancient Egyptian belief. The scarab is from the 13th to 15th dynasty. It is described in the catalogue of Gautier-Vodoz.

The motive exhibits two symmetry axes and at least six triangles. A wonderful artistic expression of the highly evolved Egyptian maths. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

The scene shows a walking lion. It is framed by an oval cord. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

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.