Search results for: 'Art'

Rare and impressively large and heavy tool from the New Stone Age. The axe type comes from Jutland, Denmark.

The spectacular creature with conjoined horse bodies is characteristic for the bronze works of Luristan. From the early 1st Millenium BC.

The Bronze Age vessel rests on three legs and has a lid with a conical handle. Circa 2500 to 2000 BC.

Nice and relatively large bottle from the late Roman imperial period. Probably from the Roman province Judaea.

The ring from the late Middle Ages was found in England. The silver body and the gold plating are in excellent condition. Appraised at the British Museum, published in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.

The swastika shaped brooch with horse head terminals was worn by the cavallery in Late Antiquity. In particular by the troops recruited by the Romans from their Pannonian Foederati. It might have been a symbol for strength or designated a military rank.

Extraordinarily preserved marble head. Comparable in quality with portraits of Roman emperors on exhibition in large museums. Either a portrait type not yet surely attributed to Traianus Decius, or a private portrait of the Decius era imitating the official imperial portraits.

It shows the god Abraxas with human torso, cock's head and serpants for legs, holding whip and shield. Magical formulas on both sides of the gem. 2nd or 3rd century.

Made from beautiful mottled stone during Iron Age II. The seal is from southern Anatolia or northern Syria and is engraved with a religious scene.

Possibly made by the Celtic Durotriges tribe under Roman rule in Britain. The piece is published in two books by Richard Hattatt.

The so-called dolphin brooch is very British. This specimen was probably made by the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe, shortly after the arrival of the Romans in the middle of the 1st century. Published in two works by Richard Hattatt.

Interesting fibula with a covered hinge mechanism and enamel decoration on the bow. From the 2nd century Roman Britain. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.

Piriform body with engraved bird on the lid. A piece from the Roman Imperial period, found near Dover. Published in a standard work by Richard Hattatt.

Colourful enameled brooch from the Roman Imperial period. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.

Probably a lion. Found 1968 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

High quality palette with two stylized bird heads. Characteristic for the Naqada II period. Circa 3500 to 3200 BC.

Old find from Abydos made by the Egyptian Exploration Fund (today: EES). It is an early die with round markings. Ancient Egypt.

Such lanterns are extremely rare, even in large museum collections and catalogues.

Funde aus der Region der steinzeitlichen Ounjougou-Kultur in Nordafrika, westliche Sahara. Ca. 5000 bis 3000 v.Chr, Neolithikum.

A marvelous piece of ancient jewelry in great condition. The jasper intaglio shows a standing archer. 1st to 2nd cent. AD.

Prime example made of beautiful orange carnelian. Highly detailed engraved scene with king offering to the weather god Hadad. First half of 2nd Millenium BC.

This beaker type was popular in the Holy Land during the time of Jesus Christ. But products of the local workshops were also exported.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

800 v.Chr. bis 300 n.Chr. , Eisenzeit. Diverse Typen einschließlich hellenistischer und römischer Fibeln. Nadeln fehlend oder restauriert.

Panel with a religious function in the Old Babylonian Empire. The relief shows a man and a woman during the sexual act, with the woman drinking beer through a straw.