Egypt and North Africa - Photo gallery
Image database with photographs of ancient art and antiquities
Our image database provides photographs of ancient art and antiquities for press releases as well as for private use. All artefacts sold in our gallery are documented through professional photographs. The resulting image library contains numerous ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as ancient coins. The time span from Stone Age, over Bronze Age and Classical Antiquity until Late Antiquity is covered.The photo gallery aims at providing a vast visual archive equipped with filters and search tools. You are most welcome to search the constantly growing number of artefacts in the image library. We are also happy to authorize hyperlinks from your webpage / forum to the objects depicted in our gallery. For this purpose, please send us a short notification prior to placing a hyperlink. For almost every object high definition photographs are available and can be provided e.g. to document your collection or for scientific papers or popular science articles. If you are interested in using pictures for publications, print media or other purposes, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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Roman bracelet with hunting scene
This rare and elaborate silver repoussé is analyzed in a 1970 publication and attributed to a workshop in Antioch or Palmyra. Late 3rd century AD.
Price: on requestSyrian amulet in animal shapeSmall amulet of nice red stone in the stylized shape of a pig. From the 3rd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestRoman silver knee broochNice specimen with characteristic bend in its bow and attached loop and ring. From the Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire.
Price: on requestLarge figure of Aphrodite / Venus Anadyomene typeVery impressive, 25 cm high figure. The goddess is rising from the sea, wringing her tresses. Ex Bavarian private collection, in which the figure was since the 1970s.
Price: on requestWestern Asiatic maceheadHeavy stone head of a mace with a depressed globular shape. Beautiful whitish brown hardstone. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Asia.
Price: on requestCeltic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with tree of lifeAmulet seal with figural scene on the underside, two standing figures next to tree of life. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestCeltic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Price: on requestMassive hellenistic bronze figurine of a winged SilenOriginally probably used as foot for a cista. From an old German private collection, acquired 1978 in London at Davies Antiques Gallery.
Price: on requestRare Roman Terra Sigillata mortarMassive pottery bowl used for rasping, excellent condition. Decorated with stamps showing stylized feet and palm leaves. From an old German private collection, acquired in 1977.
Price: on requestMosaic glass inlay with half maskSkillfully arranged motif that could be combined with a plate of the same motif to show a full face. Made in Egypt during the early Roman Imperial period.
Egyptian scarabAmulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs on the underside. Late or post Ramesside period.
Price: on requestRoman anchor fibulaMagnificent silver brooch from the Roman Imperial period. Such fibulae were made in the Danube area Roman provinces.
Price: on requestLarge Roman Terra Sigillata bowlDelicate, perfectly preserved pottery bowl from an old German private collection, acquired in 1979. Reported to have been found in El Djem, Tunis.
Price: on requestLarge skyphos - Athenian or Magna GraeciaImpressive, massive piece from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976 - 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with master of the animalsAmulet seal with master of the animals scene on the underside. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with pharaoAmulet seal with pharao and servant on the underside. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with tree of lifeAmulet seal with tree of life on the underside. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestVery fine Claudius sestertius with beautiful patinaEx private collection, acquired 1981 from the collection of Günther Schlüter, who was the president of the German Numismatic Society in Berlin in 1975-1977.
Price: on requestEgyptian hippopotamus amuletMade in the style of a scarab but with a hippopotamus on the upper side. It was a protective amulet during the 18th or 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. It might have protected a pregnant woman. The amulet comes from the famous Matouk collection and is published in his 1971 book.
Price: on requestLarge Apulian Pelike with thermoluminescence analysisDelicate piece of art, from an old German private collection. Acquired in the early 1980s in a Cologne art gallery.
Price: on request8 Reales, also known as cob coin, piece of eight or pirate moneyPotosi, Bolivia. Very fine, rare quality and preservation for a cob coin.
Price: on requestRoman silver fibula from PannoniaInteresting brooch type from the Roman Pannonian provinces. A very similar piece was found near the Roman camp and settlement of Carnuntum in what is now Austria.
Price: on requestEgyptian plaque of BesRare type of depiction of the dwarf god. From the collection of the Newark Museum of Art. Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Including thermoluminescence analysis.
Price: on requestApulian oinochoe - Gnathia potteryNicely preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Decorated with vine branch. From an old German collection, acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Price: on requestVery fine Nero AureusThis coin type celebrates the failing of the "Pisonian Conspiracy" and emphasizes the divine protection for emperor Nero. Impressive portrait, condition slightly better than very fine.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved coin from the Holy Land, coined when Jesus was bornCoined by Herodes Archelaos, son of Herod the Great, 4 BC - 6AD. Very fine condition. Perfectly centered, with beautiful dark green and red sand patina.
Price: on requestItalic Kylix with flower and palmette stampsFrom the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the cup during his study travels to Italy.
Price: on requestExtremely fine Caesar Denarius with beautiful patinaWith this coin type, Caesar puts himself and gens IVLIA into one line with the divine mythical heroes of ancient Greece. Perfectly centered, almost uncirculated coin.
Price: on requestApulian oinochoe with dancing maenadPerfectly preserved including the painting. Worth the exhibition in a museum. From an old German collection, acquired 1977 at Kunsthandlung Aloys Faust, Cologne.
Price: on requestConoid stamp seal with spade of MardukThe stamp shows the spade of Marduk, patron deity of the city of Babylon. Above a crescent, symbolizing the moon god Sin. 7th to 6th century BC.
Price: on requestScarce Marc Antony Denarius - LEG XIIIIScarce legion, for which the writing XIIII is again rare compared to XIV
Price: on requestRoman marble relief with hunting scene: Eros carrying hindSupposedly from the collection of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901). Very good condition, surface very well preserved.
Six ancient artefacts and one modern castInteresting group of objects from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems. It has two intaglios, one cameo, two glass decorations, a lead bulla and a modern cast of a quality ancient gem.
Price: on requestRoman glass insert for a pendantTypical 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.
Price: on requestWonderful marble head of Isis - Ex Sotheby's Parke BennettA lovely sculpture from an old US collection. Very nicely preserved surface, very detailed work of art.
Price: on request