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Beautiful depiction of the popular mythical creature from Greek and Roman art. The orange glass paste copies an engraved carnelian gem. From the Roman period.

Ring insert made from beautiful, bright yellow glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

The roman intaglio shows an important scene from the Odyssey in which Odysseus returns home after his long journey. The hero is disguised as a beggar. He wears his pilos hat and is resting his weight on a stick.

Polished axe made of beautiful brown flint. It was found more than 100 years ago near the town of Luetzow.

The gem stone from the Late Roman Imperial period is engraved in linear style. It shows a standing person in a cloak.

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

Big beetle stone from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Scarabs of this kind have been placed next to the heart on mummies. Nice mint green fayence.

The glass paste features a famous depiction of Victoria writing the names of victors in battle on a large shield. The motif reiterates a 1st century bronze statue.

The Roman ring insert is in excellent condition. The small-format motif is not clearly identifiable, but it may show a head.

From the workshop of the Branicki painter, 330 - 320 BC, Cumae. Impressive large vase in very nice condition.

Elegantly shaped chisel with two polished sides. Made of dark flint. Approx. 3400 to 2400 BC.

Big hand axe from Niger. Made during the Old Stone Age, around 200,000 years ago. The universal stone age tool could be use as a borer or cutting tool.

The Stone Age points are beautifully crafted, with finely serrated edges. From a 100 year old museum collection.

The universal tool of the older Stone age. It could be used as a borer or a cutter. Approx. 500,000 to 200,000 BC.

Nicely worked flint dagger from the transitional period between Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. Jungshoved on the Danish Island of Moen was the find spot.

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.

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

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

The milky white stone is engraved with a scene that stands out by its high degree of abstraction. Late Uruk to Djemdet Nasr period, around 3000 BC.

Interesting bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Compact bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Trapezoidal axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Werkzeug aus Flintstein, mit deutlichen, steinzeitlichen Bearbeitungsspuren. Britisches Neolithikum, möglicherweise früher.

Werkzeug aus Flintstein, mit deutlichen, steinzeitlichen Bearbeitungsspuren. Britisches Neolithikum, möglicherweise früher.

Werkzeug aus Flintstein, mit deutlichen, steinzeitlichen Bearbeitungsspuren. Britisches Neolithikum, möglicherweise früher.

Nicely worked flint dagger of type III. Sprove on the Danish Island of Moen was the find spot. 1700 to 1500 BC.

The voluminous body has the typical shape of vessels from the Bell Beaker culture. It has been made during the transitioning period between Stone Age and Bronze Age.

About 5th century B.C. From an old collection of a Frech engineer.

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

Ear pendant with plastically modeled head of an antelope. The elaborately made head is typical for hellenistic gold jewellery.

Nice polished axe from brown flint. It was found more than 100 years ago near the town of Luetzow.

Beautiful jewellery with beads made of emerald and garnet. Made in the eastern part of the Mediterranean during the 6th to early 7th century.

The beautifully decorated tableware or cookware was made by the earliest peasants of Central Europe, the Late Stone Age Linear Band Ware settlers. A find from Southern Germany in great condition.

Elegantly shaped chisel with two polished sides. Made of grey flint. Approx. 3400 to 2400 BC.

Decorated with figures of youths, framed by palmettes. From an old German Frankonian collection. Acquired in the 1920s - 1930s.

The crescent-shaped blade is made of reddish brown flint. This tool represents an intermediate state within the radical transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age.