Ancient Near East - Iron Age - 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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Necklace of large eye beadsModernly threaded necklace made of ancient glass beads from around the mid 1st millennium BC in the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.
Necklace of ancient eye beadsModernly threaded necklace made of more than 100 ancients beads dating to the 1st millennium BC. From the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.
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Group of ancient eye beads10 magnificent polychrome glass beads with stylized eyes as protection against the evil eye. Made around the mid 1st millennium BC in the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.
Group of ancient eye beads6 magnificent polychrome glass beads with stylized eyes as protection against the evil eye. Made around the mid 1st millennium BC in the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.
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Sasanian stamp seal with winged horseDark orange Carnelian with engraved schematic depiction of the mythical creature. From the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.
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Sasanian stamp seal with winged animalWonderful stone, a cream-coloured agate. The engraved animal is probably a gazelle ready to jump. From the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.
Sassanian intaglio with griffinPerfectly preserved ring stone made of orange carnelian. It shows a winged hybrid creature with the body of a lion. With inscription in Pahlavi, the Middle Persian script of the Sassanids.
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Luristan bronze dagger with crescent decorationBronze weapon originating from the Luristan region during Iron Age. With nicely decorated and sturdy blade.
Luristan bronze dagger with tangDouble-edged blade of a short dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran. An early type from the Middle Bronze Age.
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Two Near Eastern weapon pointsGroup of two bronze points for small spears or large arrows from the Bronze or Early Iron Age. With a nice green patina.
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Painted Bronze Age jugThe clay jug is decorated by an impressively well preserved geometric design. From Bronze Age Anatolia.
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Spouted jug of the Yortan cultureThe large jug has a spherical body, decorated with two stylized arms and hands. From Bronze Age Anatolia.
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Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on request
Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on request
Neo-Assyrian cylinder sealSeal made of wonderful pink Amethyst. It shows an offering scene with gods. From the Dr. Foster collection.
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Luristan dagger bladeDouble-edged bronze blade of a short dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran.
Luristan bronze daggerDouble-edged blade of a short dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran.
Mesopotamian stone vesselHeavy and high quality vessel from Bronze Age of Mesopotamia, reminescent of similar Egyptian stone vessels. Ex Christie's.
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Stone beaker of the Jiroft cultureHigh quality chlorite vessel from the Kerman province in Iran. From the 3rd millennium BC.
Elamite horse rhytonFascinating clay vessel in the shape of a horse from the Neo-Elamite period, around 700 BC. A TL analysis report is included with the piece.
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Phoenician glass head pendantPolychrome glass jewellery with a plastically moulded face of a woman. A product from the Phoenician culture, created around 400 BC.
Sasanian stamp seal with emblemPerfectly preserved seal made of noble green jasper. The piece is from the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.
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Sasanian stamp sealVery nice dome-shaped seal made of stone. The piece is from the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.
Cypriot milk bowlThe hemispherical pottery bowls of this type were a successful export good of Late Bronze Age Cyprus. They are nicely decorated with bands of hatch-patterns.
Luristan maceheadThe bronze head belonged to a club that was probably worn like a badge of rank in military parades. Very similar finds come from War Kabud and Chamzhi Mumah in what is now Iran.
Luristan bronze daggerDouble-edged blade of a short dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran. An early type from the Middle Bronze Age.
Luristan bronze daggerIron Age bronze weapon originating from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran. Well preserved.
Mesopotamian stamp seal in bull shapeThe perfectly preserved seal is from the Jemdet Nasr period. The stamp shows two goats.
Phoenician glass head pendantPolychrome glass jewellery with a plastically moulded face of a woman. A product from the Phoenician culture, created around 400 BC.
Phoenician glass head pendantPolychrome glass jewellery with a plastically moulded face. A product from the Phoenician culture, created around 400 BC.
Small Phrygian gold fibulaThe richly decorated brooch is a wonderful miniature work of art. It is from the 8th or 7th century BC, when the empire of the Phrygans was at its height. The time when the legends around King Midas spawned.
Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on request