Bronze Age - Middle East - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Two Near Eastern weapon points
Group of two bronze points for small spears or large arrows from the Bronze or Early Iron Age. With a nice green patina.
Price: on requestAnatolian clay jug with incised decorationThe Bronze Age vessel has wonderful linear decorative bands, the white filling of which contrasts with the dark slip. Circa 2500 to 2000 BC.
Price: on requestNear Eastern lance headDouble-edged blade of a lance from Bronze Age. With a nice green patina.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder seal with eyesThe seal made of light-colored stone dates from the Bronze Age of Mesopotamia. The stylization of the depicted eyes is reminiscent of the well-known eye idols.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealMade of beautiful red stone, worked with the drill. From the transitional period between Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder seal with animalsThe unusually long seal shows two horned animals with grain and eye symbols. A wonderful artefact from ancient Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with gods and inscriptionScene with sun god Shamash and the Amorite god Amurru. The cuneiform writing names the owner of the seal, a faithful servant of these deities.
Price: on requestSumerian cuneiform tabletThe clay tablet is a receipt of sheep and goats from the Sumerian city of Puzrish-Dagan. It was made during the reign of King Shu-Sin, 2037 to 2029 BC. From the Yale University Collection.
Price: on requestNear Eastern bronze swordDouble-edged blade of a Bronze Age sword, the hilt missing. From the middle of the 2nd Millennium BCE.
Price: on requestBabylonian clay plaque with erotic scenePanel 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.
Price: on requestMesopotamian stamp seal in bull shapeThe magnificent seal is from the Jemdet Nasr period. The stamp shows quadrupeds and a scorpion. Published in a book about the Epstein collection.
Price: on requestCylinder seal with seated godInteresting seal from Mesopotamia during the Akkad III period. It shows worshippers with cups standing before the sky god.
Price: on requestDriking cup of the Troy typeSo-called Depas Amphikypellon from around 2500 BC. The famous type of drinking vessel from Troy as described in Homer's Iliad.
Price: on requestGold earrings in the shape of a reed boatMatching 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.
Price: on requestCanaanite bronze blade from General Moshe Dayan collectionHoly 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.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cuneiform tabletSmall clay tablet with well preserved Sumerian cuneiform writing. From Mesopotamia, probably from Uruk.
Price: on requestSumerian foundation cone from UrukSmall 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.
Price: on requestTwo Mesopotamian mosaic conesThe 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.
Price: on requestThree arrow headsTwo bronze arrow heads from the 1st Millenium AD. One stone arrow head from the Neolithic.
Price: on requestEarly flat axe from JudeaTrapezoidal axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on requestWestern Asiatic maceheadHeavy stone head of a mace with a depressed globular shape. Beautiful whitish brown hardstone. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Asia.
Price: on requestSyrian amulet in animal shapeSmall amulet of nice red stone in the stylized shape of a pig. From the 3rd Millenium BC.
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 JudeaInteresting bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on requestSumerian miniature ram amuletNice small stone amulet in the stylized shape of a ram. From the 3rd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestSumerian ram amuletNice small stone amulet in the stylized shape of a ram. From the 3rd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestSumerian miniature ram amuletNice small stone amulet in the stylized shape of a ram. From the 3rd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestClay tablet with cuneiform textSmall cuneiform writing tablet with well preserved text on both sides.
Price: on requestCanaanite bronze figurineThe small figure was once silver plated and was made in biblical times in the Land of Canaan. It might depict a charioteer.
Price: on requestElamite dog figurine from SusaWonderful little metal figure from Elam, made during Bronze Age. With a characteristic curly tail.
Price: on requestPainted ceramic bowlNice pottery vessel with painted geometric decoration in reddish-brown. From Bronze Age Iran, 2nd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestPainted tripod ceramic vesselImposing piece of painted pottery from Middle Bronze Age Western Iran. Early 2nd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestAlabaster vesselSlender container made of beige stone. From the Eastern Mediterranean.
Price: on requestCult vessel of the Yortan cultureWonderful double vessel with incised decoration. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Anatolia.
Price: on requestCypriot jug with incised decorationTypical Red Polished ware from Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, around 2000 BC.
Price: on requestFemale figure from ElamMold-made clay figure, a fertility idol or erotic image from the Middle Elamite period, 1500 to 1100 BC.
Price: on request