Conical 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.

Basic shape of a four sided pyramid. Made of wonderful intensely red stone. Middle Bronze Age of Anatolia.

Interesting 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.

Interesting 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.

The 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.

Beautiful patina, very well preserved. With large leaf-shaped handle. Dating to 1st - 2nd century AD.

The 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.

Rare type with plastic handle and large cross on base.

Interesting transition type to the so-called North African oil lamps. Nicely preserved, unusual piece.

Nicely preserved oil lamp from the Roman Imperial era.

Nicely preserved oil lamp from the Roman Imperial era.

Nicely preserved piece with heart-shaped nozzle.

Nicely preserved piece with heart-shaped nozzle.

Made in North Africa in the late 3rd century AD. From an old collection

Almond 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.

Very well preserved axe head. Late Bronze Age, 10th to 9th cent. BC.

The cowroid has an interesting decoration across the upper surface. The lower surface is inscribed with hieroglyphs. This cowroid is discussed in the catalogue of Gautier-Vodoz.

Found in the Mauritiussteinweg street during construction works. Since 1890s in the private Cologne collection O.

From the German collection Becker, in this for 3 generations.

Elegant large vessel, so-called Gnathia pottery. Very well preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Only minimal wear.

Large piece without any damage, rare preservation for an object of this size. Very impressive.

Perfectly preserved, worth the exhibition in a museum. Original brilliant colors, no damages or restorations. 6th century BC.

Small, nicely preserved bowl from an old German collection.

Showing a sitting Eros. Excellent condition and brilliant colors, very fine work. Late 4th century BC.

Showing Eros and a female dancer. Excellent condition and brilliant colors, very fine work. 4th century BC.

Rather rare type with large discus handle. From the very old German collection Becker.

The stamp shows hieroglyphs with a title for the king of Upper and Lower Egypt. This scaraboid is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

6th - 5th century BC, nicely preserved example of a very early oil lamp used in ancient Europe.

Dark clay with partially preserved dark glaze. Nicely preserved, from an old collection.

Dark clay with partially preserved dark green glaze, very rare transition type. Nicely preserved, from an old German collection.

The swastika shape was known to the Romans as crux gammata. This brooch type of the later Imperial period was used in large parts of the Roman Empire.

This type of kraftig profilierte fibula has a nice trapezoidal foot with punch decor. It was popular in Central Europe during the 1st and 2nd century AD.

The small work of art is made of beautiful turquoise glass. It shows the head of a young soldier with a Corinthian helmet pushed to the back of the head.

The rare ancient eye bead is decorated with several polychrome inlays.

The group consists of two ancient eye beads with multi-coloured glass inlays and one bead from beautiful green glass. Roman Imperial times.

Bowl from the Middle Elamite period with painted geometric design. From the area of ancient Iran.