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The small bronze votive box is modelled on top with a coiled serpent. The artefact was probably made around 400 BC in Naukratis to be devoted to Atum.

Diameter over 25 cm. Roman Empire, 1st century AD, excellently preserved. Acquired 1980 at Aloys Faust Gallery, Cologne, Germany.

The pair of earrings is made of gold. Each piece is carrying a red insert piece. A nicely decorated piece of jewellery from North Africa in Graeco-Roman times. With Art Loss Certificate.

Globular jug with slightly conical neck and flat handle. Very well preserved, minimal wear, the original slip is mainly preserved. Acquired 1972 at Axel G. Weber Gallery, Cologne, Germany.

Tear-shaped bottle with ring-shaped base. A wide thin discus separated the body from the high cylindrical neck. Perfect condition, no damages. Acquired 1976 at Axel G. Weber Gallery, Cologne, Germany.

Ptolemaic till Roman Egypt, worked with high level of details and very nicely preserved. From an old German collection.

Produced in the workshop of Marcus Novius Iustus between 120 and 180 A.D. The province Africa is shown as a woman with exposed breast wearing a Pharaonic headdress between elephant tusks. From an old German collection, acquired before 1979 at Galerie fuer antike Kunst Karl Heinz Zuehlsdorf, Cologne.

The two sides show a woman with lion's head and a magical text. The piece is from the period of Gnosticism in the 2nd and 3rd century.

Matching pair of jewellery made of gold with gemstones of red garnet. From an ancient workshop in Egypt or the Levant.

Matching pair of jewellery made of gold with gemstone of red garnet and white glass bead. From an ancient workshop in Egypt or the Levant.

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.

Nice figurine of an ibis dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.

Beautiful piece of gold jewellery from Egypt in Roman Imperial times. Published in the exhibition catalogue of the Basel Museum of Ancient Art.