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Fantastic seal carved out of amethyst. It shows his owner Shuk-Kuku with the goddess Ninsianna. Five columns of Elamite cuneiform inscription frame the scene.

Engraved in fine detail and well preserved. Scene with three gods. Three columns of cuneiform inscription name the owner Aham-Lurshi. Approx. 1900 to 1600 BC.

Fantastic private seal with a rare depiction of the god Amurru. 1900 to 1600 BC.

Stunning historical document with three columns of cuneiform inscription naming the original owner and the Babylonian storm god Adad.

Typical glass jewellery from one of the Eastern Mediterranean glass factories. This popular type was made with a motif stamped into each side of the glass disc. Late 4th to 5th century AD.

Worship scene for a god. Mention of the Babylonian gods of storm, moon and sun in the inscription.

Worship scene for a god. Mention of moon god Sîn and Aya, wife to the sun god, in the inscription. 1900 to 1600 BC.

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

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.

The clay tablet is a receipt of sheep and goats from the Sumerian city of Puzrish-Dagan. It was made during the reign of King Shu-Sin, 2037 to 2029 BC. From the Yale University Collection.

Nice and small vessel with a strong patina. It is not a classical type of alabastron and retains a few mysteries.

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

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

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

Interesting small clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.

Large clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Ur III to Old Babylonian times.

Clay tablet with cuneiform administrative or legal text. Dating to the reign of Ammi-Ditana, a king of the first dynasty of Babylon.

The unusual bronze figurine is an idol from Anatolia or the Near East. Around 1000 BC.

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

Fast runde Öllampe ohne definierte Schnauze und Henkel. Schulter mit Tannenzweigdekor. Exzellent erhalten.

Schulter mit Zweigen dekoriert. Der Zapfen ist in Form einer Lanzenspitze gestaltet. Überzug exzellent erhalten.

Längliche Öllampe, der Zapfen ist in Form einer Lanzenspitze gestaltet. Museal erhaltenes Stück mit starken Rußspuren.

20,7g, 2 2/3 phönizische Schekel. Fund aus Israel. Blei in Herzmuschelform gegossen. Seltenes Belegstück für muschelförmige Gewichte aus dem 4. bis 2. Jh. v. Chr.

Henkel mit Kornähre dekoriert. Stilisiertes Radsymbol in Standfläche. Exzellent erhalten, mit Rußspuren.

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

Elaborate early glass vessel. Opaque blue body with white decorative bands forming spirals and feathers. Late 4th to 3rd cent. BC.

1500 v.Chr. bis 1000 v.Chr., vereint Merkmale der späten Bronzezeit und der Eisenzeit I, sehr flach mit hoher Dochtmulde, runder Boden, kein Randkranz.

2250 bis 1800 v. Chr., Mittlere Bronzezeit I/IIA. Perfekter Zustand, nicht restauriert. Äußerst seltenes Bindeglied zur MBII Epoche. Breiteste Stelle 120mm, Höhe 100mm.

Interessanter Typ von Öllampe, vermutlich aus früher samaritanischer Zeit. Farbreste in dem Dekor. 4. bis 6. Jh. n.Chr., 95x56mm, 34mm hoch.

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

From the collection of Joan Conway Crancer, Honorary Trustee of the Saint Louis Art Museum. Extraordinary preserved for an ancient bronze figure of this size, incl. the original lid. Acquired 1988 in London for 8,500 US Dollar.

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.

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

A marvelous example for Early Islamic glass after the conquest of the Levant, during Umayyad rule. A glass from the professor Ritschel collection.

From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.

From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.