Panel with a religious function in the Old Babylonian Empire. The relief shows a man and a woman during the sexual act, with the woman drinking beer through a straw.

The magnificent seal is from the Jemdet Nasr period. The stamp shows quadrupeds and a scorpion. Published in a book about the Epstein collection.

Wonderfully preserved bronze weapon from the time around 1000 BC. It was made in Central Europe by the Urnfield culture and formed part of a museum collection for almost 70 years.

Amulet seal with interesting top side markings. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Nicely decorated specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

A wonderful and rare example of the Bronze Age Greek art of engraving stones. It shows a fantasy creature with lion body and bird of prey head. Mid-2nd Millennium BC.

So-called Depas Amphikypellon from around 2500 BC. The famous type of drinking vessel from Troy as described in Homer's Iliad.

Nicely preserved specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

Amulet seal from Thebes with depiction of Sobek. From the 18th to 20th dynasty of ancient Egypt.

Matching pair of Late Bronze Age jewellery made of massive gold in the Eastern Mediterranean. The shape is reminiscent of boats made of budles of reed.

Holy Land, 3rd - 2nd millennium BC. Exhibited in the Jewish Museum in New York City in 1975. Moshe Dayan was a famous Israeli politician and military leader who served as Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, personally commanded the Israeli forces during the 1956 Suez Crisis and served as Defense Minister.

Tall Egyptian funerary statuette from the New Kingdom. From the collection of the archaeologist and artist Erich Charlier.

Small clay tablet with well preserved Sumerian cuneiform writing. From Mesopotamia, probably from Uruk.

Small conoid clay nail with cuneiform inscription. From the main temple of Uruk, that is also mentioned in the Epos of Gilgamesh. Circa 3rd Millenium BC.

The pieces were part of a mosaic decoration of a Mesopotamian structure in the 4th Millenium BC. The temple architecture from Uruk is a particularly well known example of such a use.

Egyptian funerary figurine from the Third Intermediate Period. The owner's name is rarely attested and could hint to an origin in the Faiyum Oasis.

Rare fragment of a small Sumerian votive figurine dating to the 3rd Millenium BC. From the Erlenmeyer collection.

Conoid clay nail from the tomb of crown prince Amunemopet. From Thebes during the 18th dynasty. New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside that should give protection or good fortune to the owner according to ancient Egyptian beliefs. New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

Elegant vessel with three handles and painting. From the Mycenaean Age around 1300 BC.

Two bronze arrow heads from the 1st Millenium AD. One stone arrow head from the Neolithic.

Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Exceptionally rare main piece of a hand spindle. A find from Thebes in Upper Egypt. From the reign of pharao Senusret II, around 1840 BC.

Trapezoidal axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Made in the style of a scarab but with a hippopotamus on the upper side. It was a protective amulet during the 18th or 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. It might have protected a pregnant woman. The amulet comes from the famous Matouk collection and is published in his 1971 book.

Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs on the underside. Late or post Ramesside period.

Small amulet of nice red stone in the stylized shape of a pig. From the 3rd Millenium BC.

Compact bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Interesting bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside that should give protection or good luck to the owner according to ancient Egyptian beliefs. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Amulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Simple pottery vessel of timeless elegance. From the Naqada I period, 4th Millenium BC.

Amulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Amulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side and braided tape on the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Amulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side and pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

The small stone pot of nicely polished granite was used for Kohl, the eye cosmetic of the ancient Egyptians. From the time between Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.