TimeLine Auctions - 6 Day Antiquities and Coin Sale

1st millennium BC. A bronze figurine of two standing zebu bulls on a rectangular base with flared foot, yoke across the shoulders of both beasts w...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A bronze pouring vessel with bulbous body and integral foot, the spout in the form of a horned ibex head and the handle wit...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze pouring vessel in the form of a duck with integral tail, the head, spout and legs formed separately and rivetted t...

14th-10th century BC. A sheet-silver chalice with flared foot, narrow stem, flared mouth; carinated band beneath the rim and repoussé guilloche de...

1st millennium BC. A heavy bronze vessel with narrow base, bell-shaped body with median carination, rolled rim; remains of ancient repair to sidew...

13th-6th century BC. A copper-alloy ritual vessel with shallow flat-bottomed bowl, integral foot and broad shallow pouring spout; ring handle with...

10th-7th century BC. A matched pair of bronze ewers, each a drum-shaped body with flared rim and long U-section spout, opposed pair of serpents in...

5th century AD. A heavy bronze bulbous jar or vase, with flat bottom, fluted tall neck with flared rim; remains of two old collection labels to th...

2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze ladle with segmented handle, bulbous bowl with pouring lip and ornamental band below the rim, finial of a ...

1st millennium BC. A massive and heavy bronze temple ring bracelet with oval terminals and bands of alternating lines and pellets with dentilled e...

1st millennium BC. A massive and heavy bronze bracelet with flat oval terminals, the shoulders ornamented with bands of lines and studs with studd...

1st millennium BC. A large and heavy pair of bronze 'manilla' type bracelets with flat rectangular terminals. 2 kg total, 12.5-13cm (5"). Property...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A restrung necklace composed of annular bronze beads, large discoid pendant with raised central boss and concentric circles...

3rd-7th century AD. A restrung necklace comprising twelve gold tubular beads with annular carnelian spacer beads, eleven silver dangles each a pai...

6th-4th century BC. A gold repoussé mount in the form of a facing head with detailed hair and prominent nose, the large eyes pierced. 1.71 grams, ...

1st millennium AD. A hollow-formed gold finger ring with band of advancing animals to the bezel, inset limestone cloison with intaglio zebu. 5.83 ...

3rd-7th century AD. A pair of elaborately decorated tongs with lanceolate gripper plates; the arms stamped with annulets within lozenges on a hatc...

6th-5th century BC. A gold bracelet with animal head terminals; a jewellery item crafted by bending a piece of heavy gold sheet into an oval band ...

2nd-3rd century AD. A sheet silver bowl with repoussé scale detailing to the sidewall, tondo gilded to the underside with an image of a bird of pr...

5th-4th century BC. A sheet silver vessel with trumpet mouth, stepped shoulder and fluted body; three radiating handles each in the form of a leap...

2nd millennium BC. A silver waisted vessel with flared base and trumpet-shaped mouth, incised guilloche band to the centre above a frieze of three...

3rd-7th century AD. An assemblage comprising: a large fragmentary bronze bowl with carinated shoulder and flared mouth; a group of 217 uncleaned, ...

2nd millennium BC. A restrung necklace of silver elements including tubular sleeves, oblate and other beads, miniature dolabra, standing quadruped...

3rd-7th century AD. A silver quatrefoil pendant formed as four round cells each with a gold rosette insert, radiating clusters of three teardrop c...

2nd millennium BC. A silver flat-section idol depicting a standing stylised female with lozenge-shaped head, punched pellet-in-circle eyes and sli...

3rd millennium BC. A substantial padlock-shaped stone idol or badge of authority, with rounded edges and rectangular opening. 9.1 kg, 28cm (11"). ...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A pair of similar sized blue-green and white mottled stone pillar idols of tapering form with shallow groove across each ci...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A pair of similar mottled yellow-grey conglomerate stone pillar idols of tapering form with shallow groove across each circ...

2nd millennium BC. A carved pink and white stone weight or idol with flat underside and tapering ovoid body, pierced for suspension. 9.4 kg, 17cm ...

2nd millennium BC. A carved stone weight in the form of a standing lion. 321 grams, 10.8cm (4 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly with...

1st millennium BC. A carved steatite vessel in the form of a two-headed pig with bulbous body and short stubby feet; opening to the top with flang...

2nd millennium BC. A large carved alabaster platter with flat centre and flange rim. 1.9 kg total including stand, 37cm width (14 1/2"). Property ...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A large tubular alabaster vase with flange rim and rounded base. 6 kg, 39cm (15 1/4"). From the family collection of a Hamp...

2nd millennium BC. A speckled calcite vessel with globular body, flattened disc rim with raised circumferential band to the neck. 1.8 kg, 11.5cm (...

1st millennium AD. A carved mottled red marble(?) mortar with pedestal base, deep bowl and rounded rim. 1.1 kg, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a North...

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster drum-shaped bowl with angled rim. 1.2 kg, 14cm width (5 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly with...

2nd millennium BC. A substantial carved conical alabaster bowl with narrow foot and rounded rim. 1.6 kg, 23.5cm wide (9 1/4"). From a North West L...

1st millennium AD. A carved stone mould with lozenges and fishes, two locating lugs to the rim. 3.6 kg, 25.5cm (10"). Property of a London gallery...

2nd millennium BC. A carved stone figure of a ram resting with legs folded beneath the body. 3 kg, 17cm (6 3/4"). From the family collection of a ...

3rd-1st century BC. A large carved sculpture depicting two finely defined facing busts in the round, with upper torsos in outline. 44.4 kg, 55cm w...

3rd-1st century BC. A life-size carved limestone bust on a cuboid block, hands clasped to the chest and draped cloak or tunic, domed headdress wit...

3rd-1st century BC. A carved stone bust, chest and shoulders forming integral plinth, mouth, broad rectangular nose tapering towards a heavy brow,...

Nabataean Culture, 3rd-1st century BC. A rectangular limestone stele fragment with carved face of a male dignitary, small D-shaped ears with scrol...

Nabataean Culture, 3rd-1st century BC. The upper part of a rectangular limestone stele with carved face of a male dignitary, small D-shaped ears, ...

3rd millennium BC. A carved steatite figure of a seated female with incised detailing representing a tufted woollen cloak; scooped neckline; separ...

Mid 3rd millennium BC. A carved limestone figurine of a worshipper, wearing a long robe around his waist, holding a vessel, head absent, accompani...

3rd-1st century BC. A carved limestone standing figure with hands clasped to the chest and domed headdress. 16.8 kg, 57cm (22 1/2"). From an old f...

20th-16th century BC. A terracotta statuette of a male deity with hat and tufted woollen coat, hands held at the waist in a fold of the mantle; mo...

Circa 3rd millennium BC. A carved limestone headless figure of a standing male worshipper with hands clasped across chest and wearing a long robe ...

2nd millennium BC. A carved stone idol comprising a conical body with flared base, two integral loops above forming the eyes. 683 grams,15cm (6")....

2nd millennium BC. A group of three haematite duck weights, two small and one large with a circular hole to the base. See Oates, Babylon, pp.186-1...

2nd millennium BC. A group of three carved duck weights comprising: one red jasper, one carnelian with detailed tail, one white agate. See Oates, ...

2nd millennium BC. A group of four duck weights carved in agate and other stones. See Oates, Babylon, pp.186-187, for the Babylonian system of wei...

1st millennium AD. A carved rock crystal figure of a recumbent lion on a rectangular base, head turned to the right, pierced lug to the back. 51.1...

4th-2nd millennium BC. A stucco vessel formed as a human head with lentoid eyes and raised lips, tubular pouring spout above, raised lateral bands...

Early 1st millennium BC. A terracotta figurine of a standing female of steatopygous profile with pinched facial features, pellet eyes, flange ears...

2nd millennium BC. A terracotta plaque depicting Humbaba, the monstrous giant who was the guardian of the Cedar Forest, with staring eyes, grinnin...

10th-8th century BC. A burnished terracotta zoomorphic vessel with exaggerated head and horns, looped tail, serrated chest ornament, scooped spout...

1st millennium BC. A terracotta rhyton with chamfered rim and tapering body, the finial formed as the foreparts of a ram with painted bands to the...

13th-12th century BC. A burnished terracotta vase formed as an ovoid body with angled stub feet, the spout and angled neck and curved U-section be...