The flat relief shows an offering scene and above a hieroglyphic text describing the deceased Ptah-nefer, the priest and the offerings. A translation has been made by the renowned Egyptologist professor Kurth. The work of art dates to the 26th dynasty. It is adopting the style of the Old Kingdom.

Ein Stück mit schöner Verzierung aus Vogel und Ranken. Das andere Stück Teil einer kleinen Schale mit sogenannter Barbotine-Verzierung auf dem Rand.

Made of colourful turquoise fayence. Two fully modelled crocodiles adorn the plate. Perfect preservation including original black paint.

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.

The perfectly preserved mould was used to counterfeit coins with a FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse and was used frequently. From time of Constantius II (337-361 AD) or slightly later.

The mould was used to counterfeit coins with a FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse and was used frequently

What makes this offer special is the fact that the two moulds are not only perfectly preserved withut damages, but also fit together.

Nicely preserved piece from a private Columbus (Ohio, USA) collection

Interesting piece, featuring a flying swan. From an old German collection

Interesting shape, perfect condition.

Perfectly preserved votive or funerary cult figurine of a kneeling young woman with two children behind her.

Impressive, massive piece with beautiful patina.

Massive, perfectly preserved masterpiece of ancient art with beautiful black patina.

Perfectly preserved, delicate piece of ancient art with beautiful green patina, 3. century AD

Possibly produced in Hispania Baetica. From a very old German collection

Impressive oil lamp with interesting maritime scene from very old German collection

Perfectly preserved piece from the 1st - early 2nd century AD. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Perfectly preserved piece from the second half of the 2nd century AD. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Nicely preserved piece. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Nicely preserved piece. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Perfectly preserved piece. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Nicely preserved piece from the earliest Roman settlement phase

Nicely preserved piece from the earliest Roman settlement phase

Perfectly preserved piece from the earliest Roman settlement phase

A major cult in Memphis saw the god related to fragrances. He is depicted here as youthful god in human form. Nice piece from the Late Period of ancient Egypt.

God or god-like dwarf. The figurine was supposed to have a magical protective function. 26th to 30th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. From a British private museum.

It shows the goddess of childbirth in the form of a pregnant hippopotamus. The amulet from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt should exert a protective function. From a British private museum.

The amulet from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt was supposed to protect the dead on their way to the afterlife. From a British private museum.

Rare Hippocampus brooch with elaborate inlays of multi-coloured glass paste and metal. Great example of the brooch manufacturing of Roman Gaul during the mid 1st cent. AD.

Stylized bird shaped brooch made of bronze. Northern European brooch type from the Roman Pricipate.

Product of Northern Europe dating to the second century AD. Brooch worked as a flat relief, once with multi-coloured inlays.

Rare fibula type from Roman Britain. The fully intact multicoloured enamel makes this piece worthy of being a museum exhibit. 2nd cent. AD.

Ten pointed star form with leaf pattern and decorative buttons. A product of Gaul or Britain dating to the 1st century.

Skillfull bronze fibula in horse shape. The type was used in Central Europe during the later Principate.