Low vessel of cylindrical shape. The stylus was dipped into the ancient inkwell and wiped off at the edge. Beautiful, rich green glass.

The 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.

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.

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

Rare first edition by Andreas Schott and the only 1604 edition currently available on the market known to us. Dry-embossed pigskin leather over wooden plates. Very good condition, appropriate for the age of the volume.

The only 1544 print currently offered on the market. Attractive and rare 16th century print, published in the workshop Froben. Impressive folio in very good condition, thoroughly printed. Beautiful large wood- and metal-cut initials.

Central piece of a mummy cartonnage from the ptolemaic period. Covered with polychrome paint giving an interesting insight into ancient Egyptian funerary rituals. Probably originating from Akhmim in Upper Egypt.

The ancient impressions in clay are from papyrus documents issued and sealed in Roman times. A fantastic testimonial to Roman bureaucracy.

Chest and leg piece of a mummy cartonnage from the ptolemaic period. Covered with polychrome paintings giving an interesting insight into ancient Egyptian funerary rituals.

Interesting group of objects from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems. It has two intaglios, one cameo, two glass decorations, a lead bulla and a modern cast of a quality ancient gem.

Six works of the famous orator. Printed by the humanist Paulus Manutius in Venice. Excellent condition: Contemporary vellum, white pages, firm and stable binding.

Small cuneiform writing tablet with well preserved text on both sides.

History of Rome from it's foundation and until the death of Drusus in 9 B.C. Contemporary leather binding

First edition, volume II (of three) of Cicero's Orations, among which are the famous In Catilina and Pro L. Murena. Printed in Paris by Jacob Dupuys, 1572. Text in Latin with commentary by the famous scholar Denys Lambin. Very nice contemporary leather binding with golden front and back cover vignettes.

Large clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Ur III to Old Babylonian times.

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

Small tablet with drill hole. Cuneiform receipt for bricks or pottery. Very well preserved piece from the late 3rd millenium BC.

Small tablet with well preserved cuneiform engravings. Interesting Bronze Age document from Mesopotamia.

Record of beer and bread rations for laborers. Probably from the Bronze Age city of Umma. The cuneiform tablet was studied and conserved at Yale University.

Neues Reich bis dritte Zwischenzeit. Cippus, mögliche Osiris-Canobus Darstellung. 1,8x1,0cm.

Etwa 12cm lang, Bronze, 26,3g, zart patiniert. Aus der Zeit der späten römischen Republik, 1. bis 3. Jhd.v.Chr. Interessantes Zeitzeugnis.

M. Tullii Ciceronis. Epistolarum ad diversos (familiares vulgo vocant), libri XVI. Zweite, korrigierte Auflage der Cellarius- Edition (Erstauflage 1698). 855 Seiten. Bund mit Goldprägung, leicht berieben und bestoßen.

Band 52 über den Zeitraum 1595-1600 in edlem Ledereinband

Band 47 über den Zeitraum 1563-1566 in edlem Ledereinband

Spätzeit, Darstellung der vier Söhne des Hori. 2,6x1,8cm.

400 v. Chr. bis 42 v. Chr., Blütezeit Rhodos. Einmaliges Zeugnis der Seemacht Rhodos in hellenistischer Zeit. Schrift des Stempels gut erhalten und identifizierbar. 95mm lang.

Seltener Kommentar aus dem Jahre 1762. In keiner Bibliothek nachgewiesen

Eine Schrift aus dem Jahre 1783 mit interessantem Fehldruck

Anmerkungen zu verschiedenen Thematiken, Leipzig 1734, einmaliges Zeugnis der Zeit.

Antiker Stift aus römischer Zeit, 1. bis 3. Jh. n.Chr., massive Bronze. Ca. 81mm lang. Faszinierendes Zeitzeugnis.

Länge 112mm, Durchmesser 9mm, 1. - 3. Jh. n. Chr., römische Kaiserzeit. Museal, kunstvoll gearbeitet und wundervoll erhalten.

Antike Satyren aus der Zeit des Marc Aurel

Aus dem Jahr 1814 zu noch immer aktuellen Themen

Unbeschnittenes Exemplar aud dem Jahr 1831

Spitzer Stift aus Bronze zum Beschreiben von Wachstafeln. Mehr als 12cm lang, sehr gute Erhaltung. Aus alter deutscher Sammlung.