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Perfectly preserved, elaborated piece of art, produced by the nomadic tribes of Scythian cultures.

Gold sheet artfully crafted in the repoussé technique, with a relief depicting reclining ibexes. Possibly the decoration of a sword pommel. Exhibited and published by the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1970s.

Large shallow dish painted with geometrical patterns in red and brown. Bichrome ware from the Cypro-Geometric period.

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

Massive bronze pendant in the shape of a standing ibex with long horns. From Iron Age Luristan.

The seal of black stone bears a scene with four noblemen or gods. Late Syrian, around 1500 BC.

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

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 seal depicts a tree of life with a rhomb and eight-pointed star, symbol of Ishtar. 7th to 6th century BC.

This beautiful stamp seal is from the First Persian Empire of the Achaemenids or from parts under Greek control. 5th to 4th cent. BC.

The pieces were part of a mosaic decoration of a Mesopotamian structure in the 4th Millenium BC. The temple architecture from Uruk is a particularly well known example of such a use.

Nice seal made of black rock in the shape of a duck with reclining head. From the Neo-Babylonian or Neo-Assyrian Empire.

Very well preserved incl. original slip. From the collection of the German actress Lotti Huber, found during excavations in Cyprus in the 1950s.

Double-edged blade of a Bronze Age sword, the hilt missing. From the middle of the 2nd Millennium BCE.

Double-edged blade of a small spear or large arrow from the Early Iron Age of Iran.

Seal made of wonderful pink Amethyst. It shows an offering scene with gods. From the Dr. Foster collection.

This stunning stamp seal is from the First Persian Empire of the Achaemenids or from parts under Greek control. 5th to 4th cent. BC.

The small figure was once silver plated and was made in biblical times in the Land of Canaan. It might depict a charioteer.

Wonderful double vessel with incised decoration. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Anatolia.

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

Shallow bowl with high rim pinched to form single wick-rest, convex underside. From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, decorated many times, for example in 1995 when the Republic of Austria awarded its Decoration for Science and Art.

An exciting mixed group from the Iron Age to Classical Antiquity. From the collection of Professor Manegold.

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

Nice small stone amulet in the stylized shape of a ram. From the 3rd Millenium BC.

Nice small stone amulet in the stylized shape of a ram. From the 3rd Millenium BC.

Perfectly preserved, undamaged, with brown-green patina. Acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.

Small conoid clay nail with cuneiform inscription. From the main temple of Uruk, that is also mentioned in the Epos of Gilgamesh. Circa 3rd Millenium BC.

Nice small stone amulet in the stylized shape of a ram. From the 3rd Millenium BC.

Female figurine from Bronze Age Syria, 3rd to beginning of 2nd millenium BC. With characteristic bird shaped head.

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

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

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.

Massive and imposing piece from the early 1st Millenium BC. Previously in the well-known Rihani family collection, with Jordanian export permit.

Compact seal with geometric design from Elam. 3rd Millenium 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.

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