Bronze Age - Available - Egypt and North Africa - Published objects
Published objects
Several works of art and artefacts that are or have been in our online gallery are published in literature. We often receive requests concerning published objects when more research or other publications on them are planned. Therefore we will give a list of published objects without this list being claimed to be exhaustive. If you are researching artefacts that have once been handled by our gallery or you would like to investigate an object still in our possession please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be glad to help.
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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.
€1,400
Bronze 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.
€1,400
Sumerian brick with royal inscriptionClay tile from the temple of Eridu, donated around 2040 BC. Dedicated by Amar-Sin, king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Studied for a research project in 1983.
€6,000
Rare zoomorph Minoan sealExtremely rare ivory stamp seal in the shape of a monkey. Made by the Minoans of Bronze Age Crete. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988.
€6,500
Minoan stamp seal with leavesExtremely rare ivory stamp seal in the shape of a flat roof. Made by the Minoans of Bronze Age Crete. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988.
€2,500
Minoan seal with volutesA beautiful specimen made of precious black serpentine. From the Old Palace Period of Bronze Age Crete. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988.
€1,570
Minoan seal with goatThe Late Minoan piece has two stamped surfaces depicting animals. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988, as well as in the database of the German archaeological institute (DAI).
€1,800
Discoid Minoan sealFrom Bronze Age Crete with a geometric pattern on the stamp surface. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988, as well as in the database of the German archaeological institute (DAI).
€1,320
Egyptian cosmetic palette as a birdPalette in the shape of a bird from predynastic Egypt. From the inventory of the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Geneva.
€6,080
Egyptian ushabti for Viceroy HoriOne of only 30 known funerary statuettes from the tomb of Hori I, King's son of Kush. Viceroy of Kush in Nubia during the reign of the pharaohs Ramesses III and IV. An exhibited and repeatedly published piece.
€8,850