Tools - Special - 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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Small Neolithic sickle from Northern Germany
The crescent-shaped blade is made of reddish brown flint. This tool represents an intermediate state within the radical transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Price: on requestNeolithic thin butted axe headAxe from the Early Neolithic is made of beautiful reddish brown flint with inclusions. Found in Northern Germany.
Price: on requestStone Age chisel from Northern GermanyAsymmetrically shaped chisel with two polished sides. Made of light flint. Approx. 3400 to 2400 BC.
Price: on requestFlint knife from Northern GermanyFlat two-edged stone blade from the Dagger Period of Northern Europe.
Price: on requestEarly flat axe from JudeaInteresting bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on requestEarly flat axe from JudeaCompact bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on requestEarly flat axe from JudeaTrapezoidal axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on requestEgyptian spindle shaft made of woodExceptionally rare main piece of a hand spindle. A find from Thebes in Upper Egypt. From the reign of pharao Senusret II, around 1840 BC.
Price: on requestEtruscan bronze ladle - ex Sotheby'sVery good condition, undamaged, with thick patina. Late Etruscan, 4th - 3rd century BC. From an old English collection.
Byzantine bronze processional cross holderExcellent condition, beautiful patina, worth the exhibition in a museum. Middle Byzantine Period, Constantinople or Asia Minor workshop.
Ancient ladle with bird head terminalElegant long bronze ladle, from the Greek or Etruscan culture. 5th to 4th century BC.
Price: on requestMosaic glass inlays and spindle whorlsNice group of polychrome inlays and spindle weights from Roman Egypt. Including two fragments with a wonderful floral decor.
Roman-Egyptian spindle whorl from mosaic glassCone-shaped spindle whorl from the time of Roman rule over Egypt. The beautifully made mosaic glass weight is certainly a showpiece of every collection.
Price: on requestNeolithischer Axtkopf mit MuseumsschäftungDas Steinwerkzeug stammt aus der Jungsteinzeit Nord- oder Mitteleuropas. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die moderne Schäftung in Museumsqualität, die einen großartigen Eindruck von der einstigen Verwendung des Werkzeuges gibt.
Price: on requestRoman-Egyptian glass inlays and spindle whorlsNice group of polychrome inlays and spindle weights from Roman Egypt. From an old English collection, ex Bonhams London.
Neolithic axe mounted for museum displayThe stone tool is from the European Neolithic. A special feature is the museum-quality custom made shaft which gives a great impression of the tool's former mounting.
Price: on requestMosaic glass inlays and spindle whorlNice group of polychrome inlays and a spindle weight from Roman Egypt. Including one fragment with a wonderful floral decor.
Mosaic glass inlays and spindle whorlsNice group of polychrome inlays and spindle weights from Roman Egypt. Including one fragment with a wonderful floral decor.
Bronze Age casting mould for a chiselOne half of a stone mould for bronze casting. The equipment is from a workshop of the 2nd Millennium BC, probably from the Carpathian Basin. From the famous Guttmann Collection. This mould was published in a work by Born and Hansen.
Ancient ladle with donkey head terminalElegant long bronze ladle, from the Greek or Etruscan culture. 5th to 4th century BC.
Price: on requestBronze Age casting mould for a lance headOne half of a stone mould for bronze casting. The equipment is from a workshop of the 2nd Millennium BC, probably from the Carpathian Basin. From the famous Guttmann Collection. This mould was published in a work by Born and Hansen.
Neolithic stone tool from EgyptThe Stone Age weapon's point or knife blade is well crafted, with finely serrated edge. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axeSmall prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestStone Age bow scraper from EgyptThe Paleolithic tool is of beautiful shape and color. Thebes has been handed down as the place of origin. Including old museum display.
Price: on requestTwo Neolithic stone tools from EgyptThe Stone Age saw and the slender blade are finely worked. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axeSmall prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestNeolithic axe headFinely crafted tool from the New Stone Age of Europe. A specimen of the thin butted type.
Price: on requestRoman glass rodThe object had a function as a distaff, a tool for spinning. Particularly noteworthy is the beautiful spiral decoration and the complete preservation of the fragile material. From the Roman Imperial period.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Ouarzazate, Morocco.
Price: on requestLarge neolithic axe headA tool from the Early Neolithic of Europe. Nicely polished and impressive by its size and weight.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axeSmall prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Algeria, North Africa.
Price: on requestNeolithic stone tool from EgyptThe Stone Age weapon's point or knife blade is well crafted, with finely serrated edge. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestPowerful and heavy work axeRare and impressively large and heavy tool from the New Stone Age. The axe type comes from Jutland, Denmark.
Price: on requestStone Age bow scraper from EgyptThe Paleolithic tool is shaped like a sickle. Thebes has been handed down as the place of origin. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Algeria, North Africa.
Price: on request