Bronze Age - Sold - 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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Leaden sling bullet with inscriptionsAlmond shaped lead bullet of a slinger. It was part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
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Leaden sling bullet with inscriptionsAlmond shaped lead bullet of a slinger. It was part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
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Massive roman oil lampMade in North Africa in the late 3rd century AD. From an old collection
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Roman oil lamp decorated with dotsNicely preserved piece with heart-shaped nozzle.
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Roman oil lamp with heart-shaped nozzleNicely preserved oil lamp from the Roman Imperial era.
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Roman oil lamp with heart-shaped nozzleNicely preserved oil lamp from the Roman Imperial era.
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Roman oil lamp showing Sol-HeliosInteresting transition type to the so-called North African oil lamps. Nicely preserved, unusual piece.
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Roman oil lamp with head of a Taurus as handleRare type with plastic handle and large cross on base.
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Egyptian frog lamp from very old German collectionThe frog lamps developed in Egypt close to Abydos. For the Egyptians, the frog symbolized birth and resurrection, this symbolism was also adapted by the early Christians. From the German collection Becker, in this for 3 generations.
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Impressive Roman imperial bronze oil lampBeautiful patina, very well preserved. With large leaf-shaped handle. Dating to 1st - 2nd century AD.
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Pre-Dynastic pottery of Ancient EgyptThe simple vessel is made of coarse clay. It dates to the end of the 4th millenium BC and hence witnessed the beginning of the Ancient Egyptian civilization.
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Large decorative pin from LuristanThe pin head is shaped like an open basket with a decorative knob. Bronze with attractive patina.
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Pin from LuristanIron Age silver pin with attractive engravings. Nice dark patina.
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Western Asiatic button seal with haresInteresting button shaped seal from the time of the ancient Assyrian trade settlements in Syria and Anatolia. 19th to 18th cent. BC. From the Dr. Langenkamp collection, with a scientific note from Prof. Mayer-Opificius.
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Western Asiatic button seal with scorpionInteresting button shaped seal from the time of the ancient Assyrian trade settlements in Syria and Anatolia. 19th to 18th cent. BC. From the Dr. Langenkamp collection, with a scientific note from Prof. Mayer-Opificius.
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Anatolian porphyry stamp sealBasic shape of a four sided pyramid. Made of wonderful intensely red stone. Middle Bronze Age of Anatolia.
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Neo-Babylonian stamp seal with religious sceneConical seal made of snowy chalcedony. The scene shows a praying man in front of an altar or symbols for the gods Ishtar and Shamash. Canonical piece for an educational collection.
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Neo-Babylonian stamp seal with religious sceneNicely facetted seal made of bright chalcedony. It shows a man in front of the gods Marduk, Nabu and Ishtar. Typical and well documented depiction from the 6th cent. BC.
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Neo-Assyrian cylinder seal with hunting sceneThe frit cylinder seal depicts a hunter with bow and arrow pursuing a cow. A description and dating by assyriologist Prof. Mayer-Opificius is present.
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Roman glass beakerThis beaker type was popular in the Holy Land during the time of Jesus Christ. But products of the local workshops were also exported.
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Bronze statuette of OsirisThe figurine is in exceptional condition with a nice patina. Late Dynastic period of Ancient Egypt, 664 to 332 BC.
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Roman-Egyptian portrait of a young womanExcellent condition, original stucco and painting partially preserved. From an old collection of a Frech engineer. With Art Loss certificate
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Serapis marble bust from Joachim Menant collectionFamous egyptologist who excavated in Alexandria in the 19th century. Acquired in Egypt during this time, since then and until 2016 in the Menant family collection. With Art Loss certificate.
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Faience figurine of Isis and Horus childGoddess on a throne nursing her child Horus. Dating to the Late Period of ancient Egypt.
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Bronze statuette of nursing IsisIsis is shown in a very typical depiction as a mother, the archetype of the later Christian Nursing Madonna. The bronze figurine dates to the 22nd to 31st dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
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Harpoon of the Maglemosian cultureFine craftsmanship hunting weapon. Important evidence of the beginnings of fishing in Northern Europe. Mesolithic, 9000 to 6500 BC.
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Egyptian ushabti for Ra-mesThe mummiform funerary figurine dates to the Late Period of ancient Egypt, 26th to 31st dynasty. It is remarkable that it probably originates from the burial of two brothers, Ra-mes and Somtus-tefnacht.
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Faience tile of the Djoser pyramid typeEgyptian wall tile from the Old Kingdom, 2nd to 3rd dynasty. The tile type is known from the famous step pyramid of king Djoser.
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Massive Bronze Age spear head, possibly celticPerfectly preserved, large piece with beautiful patina. From an old German collection.
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Early large Etruscan bucchero oinochoeLarge jar with ovoid body and trefoil mouth. Decorated with carved lines. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1950s. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
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Lekythos from Toledo Museum collectionEx collection Prof. G. Olcott, the first Columbia University professor for Roman archeology. Acquired from his estate 1912 by the Toledo Museum (Ohio), in the museum collection until 2017. Found in Apulia.
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Egyptian scarab for SobekhotepThe back of the scarboid body is shaped like a lying cat. New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, around 1000 BC.
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Neolithic flint sickleHalfmoon shaped blade with fine edges. Nice and typical example for this neolithic type of tool.
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Neolithic chisel of green stoneThe stone age tool of the younger Funnel beaker culture or Single Grave culture is exceptional because if its material. It is made of beautiful finely polished green stone.
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