Very nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Old Babylonian times.

Very nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.

Imposing vessel with well preserved paint. It shows geometric figures and sun wheel. From the 2nd millenium BC.

Engraved in fine detail and well preserved. Scene with three gods. Three columns of cuneiform inscription name the owner Aham-Lurshi. Approx. 1900 to 1600 BC.

Wonderful seal with winged hybrid beasts. It was made in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the first real empire in history.

Fantastic seal carved out of amethyst. It shows his owner Shuk-Kuku with the goddess Ninsianna. Five columns of Elamite cuneiform inscription frame the scene.

Cylinder seal made of black rock. It bears a religious scene dating shortly prior to or right at the beginnings of Old Babylonia.

White cylinder seal dating to the Akkadian period. A mythological scene is engraved into the cylindrical body.

Small seal made of appealing igneous rock. The engraved wave pattern is typical for the late Uruk period of Mesopotamia.

The seal made of blue frit shows mythological creatures. 7th cent. BC.

Cylindrical seal with religious scene and inscription from the Third Dynasty of Ur. A worshipper is lead to the god of the moon Sin.

Seal made of white stone with depiction of scorpions. Late Uruk to early Jamdat Nasr period.

Stunning white seal made of shell. Mesopotamian Early Dynastic Period III.

The frit cylinder seal depicts a hunter with bow and arrow pursuing a cow. A description and dating by assyriologist Prof. Mayer-Opificius is present.

The glazed clay seal depicts a hunter with large bow pursuing a caprid. A description and dating by assyriologist Prof. Mayer-Opificius is present.

Fantastic and rare example for a cylinder seal in its original setting. From the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III in the 8th cent. BC.

Nicely facetted seal made of bright chalcedony. It shows a man in front of the gods Marduk, Nabu and Ishtar. Typical and well documented depiction from the 6th cent. BC.

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.

Iron Age silver pin with attractive engravings. Nice dark patina.

The pin head is shaped like an open basket with a decorative knob. Bronze with attractive patina.

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

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

Iron Age bronze pin with thick head. Green patinated metal.

Lovely bronze pin from the early Iron Age. The head is decorated by engraved lines and a geometric knob.

Imposing Western Asiatic vessel of the Amlash culture. Including TL analysis. Around 1000 BC.

The jar has a biconical body and a spout in form of a stilized bird's head. From ancient Iran at the beginning of the 1st Millenium BC.

The Luristan short dagger has an elegant and slim shape. From an old German collection. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

Well preserved example of an important Luristan dagger type. The impressive length is that of a short sword. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

Long dagger or short sword of good craftsmenship dating to the transitional period between Bronze Age and Iron Age. Rare form. 46cm long. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

Iron Age silver pin with attractive engravings. Nice dark patina.

Nicely worked zoomorphic terminals with close parallels to achaemenide art. Dating to the early 1st Millenium BC.

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

It is very rare to find a Western Asiatic bronze dagger with an intact insert inside the grip. Dating to Iron Age Luristan, 1100 to 900 BC.