ANCIENT ART & ANTIQUITIES

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A cream-coloured ceramic figurine of a zebu bull with rondel eyes. Painted with stripes and dots on the back, shoulders, and...

Ca. 2000 BC.A clay cuneiform tablet in a light brown fabric with a written script on both sides. Cuneiform (from cuneus, Latin for "wedge") writin...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC.A square-shaped steatite seal with the engraved obverse depicting a left-facing bull, with his head over a star, line of script t...

Ca. 2200-1800 BC.This has the shape of a human foot, with a flat face and back rising as the ankle to an oval pierced loop. The design on the face...

Ca. 2200-1800 BC.This has a roughly round flat face and a slightly convex back on which is mounted a stalk handle ending in a ring for suspension....

Ca. 2200-1800 BC.This has the shape of a trefoil with curving arms. The face is flat with a hollowed-out design. The back is also flat, with a tal...

Ca. 1900-1700 BC.A rectangular-shaped clay tablet, written in cuneiform. The inscriptions on the tablet refer to administrative and legal affairs....

Ca. 1900-1700 BC.An Old Babylonian rectangular cuneiform made of clay, inscribed either a tax register or name list. Clay cuneiform tablets were s...

Ca. 1900-1700 BC.A clay cuneiform tablet in a light brown fabric with a written script on both sides. Cuneiform (from cuneus, Latin for "wedge") w...

Ca. 1900-1600 BC.There are three parts to this seal's design: (i) the god with mace in hat with a brim, short clothes, and mace held at the waist,...

Ca. 2100-1800 BC.This has a flat round face and a convex back in the middle of which is a suspension loop on a stalk handle. The design on the fac...

Ca. 2000 BC.A rectangular-section ceramic tablet with rounded edges and corners, bearing cuneiform script to both faces in panels. Documents such ...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC.A square seal in white steatite with Indus valley signs in a formal script to the top edge, unicorn standing left, facing an alta...

Ca. 2200 BC.A black stone stamp seal with a recumbent ram to the obverse. The animal with large horns curving around its head. The eyes and nostri...

Ca. 2500-2200 BC.A lovely fossilised shell amulet carved in the shape of a recumbent lion. The animal presents an erect head, raised ears, and dri...

Ca. 1st millennium BC.A flat-bottomed bowl skilfully carved from a solid piece of lapis lazuli of vivid blue, and yellowish veins. The exterior of...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A large cream-coloured painted vessel with an out-turned rim, bulbous body gently tapering to a flat base. The exterior of t...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC.A square seal in white steatite with Indus valley signs in a formal script to the top edge, unicorn standing left, facing an alta...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A cream-coloured pottery bull figure with black-painted details. The animal features the curved horns characteristic of Indi...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC.A square-shaped steatite seal with the engraved obverse depicting a left-facing bull, with his head over a star, line of script t...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A cream-coloured ceramic figurine of a zebu bull with rondel eyes. Painted with stripes and dots on the back, shoulders, and...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC.A square-shaped steatite seal with the engraved obverse depicting a left-facing bull, with his head over a star, line of script t...

Ca. 2300-2000 BC.A round bronze seal with a flat face and flat back, on which a handle of inverted V-shape is mounted. The outer edge is scalloped...

Ca. 2300-2000 BC.A round bronze seal, with a flat face and flat back, on which is mounted a handle of inverted V-shape. The Design is both compart...

Ca. 2300-2000 BC.A roughly square bronze seal, with a flat face and back, on which is mounted a handle of inverted V-shape The design is both open...

Ca. 600-800 AD.A Judeo-Aramaic terracotta bowl of a flaring body densely inscribed with lines of incantations against evil spirits. It is written ...

Ca. 600-800 AD.A Judeo-Aramaic "devil trap" terracotta bowl with black lines of inscription spiraling around the interior. Bowls like this example...

Ca. 600-800 AD.A Judeo-Aramaic "devil trap" terracotta bowl with black lines of inscription spiraling around the interior. Bowls like this example...

Ca. 1200-1000 BC.An incredibly rare to find a complete Urartian belt. This example, made from hammered bronze and decorated in low relief/repousse...

Ca. 2000 BC.An ancient Sumerian temple foundation cone of clay with a flat base on the broadside and a rounded tip on the opposite side. The head ...

Ca. 224-651 AD.A silver boat-shaped vessel with a rectangular plan, sloping sides, and rounded bottom. The Sassanian empire which ruled from Afgha...

Ca. 200-300 AD (or later).A silver buddhist bowl in the shape of a pumpkin, with the bottom engraved with an eight-pointed star motif. The sidewal...

Ca. 800-500 BC.A bronze wine bowl with a flaring rim; a lustrous bronze surface persists on the interior, while a brilliant patina enhances the en...

Ca. 400-600 AD.A beautiful bronze vessel with a globular body and ribbed neck. The body is round and smooth; the neck is long and decorated formin...

Ca. 800-500 BC.A bowl with a truncated profile, and a flat base from which its walls raise at a tapering angle, with a continuously-curved profile...

Ca. 800-500 BC.A bronze wine bowl with a flaring rim; a lustrous bronze surface persists on the interior, while a brilliant patina enhances the en...

Ca. 1000 BC - 1000 AD.A restrung Western Asiatic necklace formed by carnelian and banded agate beads. The necklace features difference sized beads...

Ca. 800-500 BC.A bronze libation bowl of hemispherical body and stepped-in rim. An attractive, lustrous patina has formed across the vessel. Bowls...

Ca. 800-500 BC.A bronze libation bowl of hemispherical body fashioned from a hammered bronze sheet. An attractive, lustrous patina has formed acro...

Ca. 800-500 BC.A hammered bronze bowl with a hemispherical body. The bowl sits on a convex base, from which its walls raise rendering an elegant c...

Ca. 1000-800 BC.A Luristan bronze clothing pin with a rectangular section tapering towards the end; stylised with ram's head finial with long curl...

Ca. 800-500 BC.A bronze libation bowl of hemispherical body fashioned from a hammered bronze sheet. The interior is richly ornamented with incised...

Ca. 224-651 AD.A bronze boat-shaped bowl with a straight rim, rounded body, and base. For a similar example see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ac...

Syria or Egypt, Ca. 1180-1300.A copper pyxis or inkwell. Possibly Ayyubid. Cylindrical with segmented detachable lid. The Pyxis has beautifully co...

Mamluk or earlier Andalusian, Ca. 1300 AD.A single lantern grill with a crenelated top and pieced writing, and a thick patina. Writing in a varian...

Syria or Persia, Ca. 1200-1300 AD.Heavy copper rectangular paper weight with fluted head. Highlighted decoration with floral or wave motifs. Possi...

Ca. 1100-1200 AD.A copper pen box. Inscribed with Arabic Kufic text, the dedication begins with, “the leader.” Roundel motifs with birds. Reminisc...

Ca. 1000-800 BC.A pair of Luristan bronze pins of very large example having a mushroom type of finial and tightly banded ring decoration on the up...

Ca. 1600-1800 AD.Ottoman or Safavid copper tinned ewer. Surat Ihklas inscribed in centre. Often this Surah is used as one of the four "Kul" verses...

Ca. 1200-800 BC.A large broad bulbous vessel with a flat base, broad mouth with flared rim; small pouring spout; decorated with a fish neck patter...

Ca. 1000-700 BC.A stunning ancient bronze sword with an elaborate handle and slender blade finished with a sharp tip and blood grooves going throu...

Ca. 600-400 BC.An iron sword with a broad tapering blade, which terminates in a point, rectangular bronze grip with a lobed lower guard, bar pomme...

Ca. 2000-700 BC.A bronze axe head with a short, curved blade, tapering cheek, and a wedge-shaped adze to the rear. The shaft long and cylindrical....

Ca. 2000-700 BC. A rare type of bronze double-bladed axe with a reinforced poll and socket; an elongated wedge-shaped cheek and a short blade proj...

Ca. 900-700 BC.A finely modelled Western Asiatic cast bronze double axe head, composed of a cylindrical, decorated socket, a curved axe blade and ...

Ca. 1200-700 BC.A fine example of a cast bronze mace head with a flat tip, the cylindrical body - probably placed around a wooden or less decorate...

Ca. 1200-700 BC.A finely made bronze sword composed of a thin, triangular-shaped blade and an elaborately decorated handle with a guard shaped as ...

Ca. 1200-800 BC.A group of four bronze spearheads each with a triangular-shaped blade with a raised midrib, robust neck, short tang, and covered w...

Ca. 1600-1200 BC.A bronze spearhead with an elongated leaf-shaped blade, raised midrib, beveled edges that taper gradually to a pointed tip, short...

Ca. 1200-800 BC.A group of five bronze spearheads, four with a barbed lentoid-section blade, and one leaf-shaped, each with a raised midrib, robus...