Late Antiquity - Middle East - 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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Sasanian gilt silver bowlMagnificent example of Sassanid craftsmanship of the highest quality. With a gilded bas-relief of a dancing woman in the tondo. Ex Sotheby's.
Sasanian silver bowlGood example of high quality Sassanid craftsmanship. Acquired at Sotheby's in 1981.
Roman glass pitcherFine and beautifully decorated glass pitcher from Roman Palestine, probably from an ancient workshop in what is now Jalamah. Around 500 AD.
Price: on request
Byzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant with an ibex motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
Byzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant with a cock and lion motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
Price: on request
Sasanian silver bowlGood example of high quality Sassanid craftsmanship. Acquired at Sotheby's in 1981.
Roman glass pitcherTurquoise glass jug from the late Roman Imperial period. From the Heckmann collection.
Price: on request
Byzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant shows Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf. It was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
Price: on request
Byzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant with two portrait busts was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
Price: on request
Small post-antique vase with strong sea encrustationNicely preserved. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.
Large jug with nice sea encrustationPerfectly preserved. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.
Price: on request
Pair of ancient gold earringsA magnificently preserved piece of jewellery from the Late Roman to Early Byzantine era. Featuring glass and gold beads.
Roman glass bottle with handlesThe glass impresses with its elegant shape. Made in one of the Roman glass factories in the eastern Mediterranean during the Late Imperial period.
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Roman glass vessel with knobsA rare and impressive vessel type from a late Roman glass factory in the Levant. Dating from the 3rd to 4th century.