TimeLine Auctions 6 Day Antiquities and Coin Sale

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A substantial limestone pillar idol of tapering cylindrical form with shallow transverse slot to each face. Cf. Pottier, M....

5th-4th millennium BC. A terracotta figurine of a seated female with curved legs, swollen belly, hands folded at the waist, pinched deltoid head w...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved limestone amulet with bulbous body and two annular eyes above. 57.7 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Bristol c...

4th-5th century AD. A Sassanian silver coin with low-relief crowned profile bust with legend above; set into a later substantial silver finger rin...

2nd millennium BC. A haematite cylinder seal with opposed horses; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 2.11 grams, 14.44mm (1/2"). From th...

Circa 500 BC-200 AD. A ceramic appliqué of a duck's head and neck; accompanied by an old scholarly note, handwritten by W.G. Lambert, late Profess...

2nd millennium BC. A squat ceramic bowl with ribbed shoulder, broad mouth. 617 grams, 17cm wide (6 3/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentl...

2nd millennium BC. A fragment of ceramic tablet with low-relief hieroglyphic text in seven columns to the obverse, similar to the reverse. 78 gra...

3rd-7th century AD. A chalcedony stamp seal with domed body; engraved to the underside with a facing lion head, wings beneath and Pahlavi script t...

Early 1st millennium AD. A limestone stamp seal engraved with a series of parallel lines. 9.88 grams, 25mm (1"). From an important London collect...

2nd millennium BC. An chalcedony cylinder seal with intaglio frieze depicting a robed female figure with wings holding a vessel in her extended ha...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A carved green serpentine stamp seal, the handle formed as a stylised ram's head with drilled eyes and slit mouth; the unde...

Early 1st millennium BC. A sheet-silver cup of waisted profile with basal ring and incised six-pointed star in a ring with dentilled border, round...

3rd-1st century BC. A carved D-section marble male head with triangular nose and shallow eye-socket; mounted on a custom-made stand. 7.3 kg total...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of mostly bicone agate beads, graduated, with modern gold-coloured spacer beads and clasp. 60 grams, 52cm ...

13th-6th century BC. A bronze shallow bowl with highly burnished surface, wheel cut lines to the inner face. 92 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Property ...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A carved chert finial in the form of a stylised phallus, drilled through the base. 16.9 grams, 60mm (2 1/4"). From the pro...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A short necklace of fifteen graduated serpentine beads, tabular, slightly rounded cushion-shaped squares. 76.6 grams, 41.5...

12th century BC. A substantial white jasper or chert cylinder seal, central image of a sacred tree, represented as a stylised palm tree with cone-...

13th-6th century BC. A bronze finial formed as a ram's head with kid beneath, coil and arch, radiating feathered lugs. 98 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). F...

3rd millennium BC. A marble amulet in the form of a reclining cow with incised eyes, pierced through the body. 40 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). Property ...

3rd-7th century AD. A carved bone cylinder seal with two tamga motifs; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 2.8 grams, 19mm (3/4"). From a...

Later 3rd millennium BC. A bronze bifacial stamp seal, rectangular in plan and lentoid in section; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and...

2nd millennium BC. A scaraboid limestone stamp seal, the intaglio with three advancing offering bearers. 4.9 grams, 22mm (1"). Ex private London,...

1st millennium BC. A ceramic vessel of bulbous profile with loop handle formed as a stylised horse; curved spout with u-section finial. 856 grams...

2nd millennium BC. A large black jasper cylinder seal with two bands, each with an opposed pair of gryphons with an object between; accompanied by...

2nd millennium BC. A silver figurine of a robed female standing with arms to the chest, braided hair to the rear. 3.9 grams, 26mm (1"). Property ...

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A large carved alabaster vessel, waisted in profile with trumpet-shaped mouth. 4.5 kg, 29.5cm (11 1/2"). From t...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A carved alabaster amulet of a pair of fish conjoined at the abdomen, drilled eyes and nostrils, pierced through the tail f...

1st millennium BC. A group of three clay seals comprising: an irregular seal with profile bust; a discoid seal with two stamps, one with an advanc...

2nd millennium BC. A ceramic bowl with discoid base, rounded rim, bands of geometric rouletting to the outer face. 248 grams, 10cm diameter (4")....

3rd millennium BC. A jasper cylinder seal with intaglio frieze of standing figures with implements; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 2...

3rd-7th century AD. A bloodstone stamp seal with domed body; engraved to the underside with a pair of facing horses, Pahlavi script to the top; ac...

1st millennium AD. A restrung necklace of mostly bicone or flattened lozenge-shaped agate beads, graduated, with modern gold-coloured spacer beads...

1200-900 BC. A jasper scaraboid stamp seal with domed top, the underside with a standing stag or bird, accompanied by a handwritten and signed sch...

2nd millennium BC. A lapis lazuli cylinder seal with frieze of figures and symbols; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 0.96 grams, 12mm ...

13th-12th century BC. A ceramic ewer with bulbous body, flared rim, short curved spout, strap handle with thumb-pad, band of pointillé detailing t...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved lapis lazuli amulet of a kneeling female deity, her elongated arms wrapped around her legs, hands resting against ...

2nd millennium BC. A terracotta jar with bulbous body and flared neck with chamfered rim; hole to the base. 3.7 kg, 31cm height (12 1/4"). Privat...

Mainly 1st millennium BC or later. A mixed group of agate beads, mainly plano-convex in profile. 68.7 grams total, 14-22mm (3/4 -1"). Private col...

13th-6th century BC. A pair of bronze dress pin finials each with a goat finial with coiled horns. 21.32 grams total, 65-80mm (2 1/2 - 3"). From ...

2nd millennium BC. A globular terracotta jar with small base, broad neck, incised zigzag and sunburst motifs to the shoulder and body. 1.32 kg, 1...

1st millennium BC. A hollow-formed silver figure of a standing female worshipper in flounced robe, hands held to the mouth, segmented cap to the h...

13th-6th century BC. A terracotta tazza or offering platter comprising a trumpet-shaped foot and stem supporting a flat dish with carinated rim. ...

2nd millennium BC. A turquoise glazed composition weight of a resting duck with its head resting along the back. 5.61 grams, 21mm (3/4"). Ex priv...

1st millennium AD and later. A large group of mixed stone and glass beads of various shapes and sizes. 124 grams total, 7-30mm (1/4 - 1 1/4"). Pr...

1st millennium BC or later. A group of twenty-four spherical banded agate beads of various sizes. 23.7 grams total, 6-13mm (1/2"). Property of a ...

2nd millennium BC. The upper part of a statuette with two standing figures each with one arm around the other's shoulder. 23.3 grams, 36mm (1 1/2...

1st millennium BC. A carved mottled alabaster flask with rounded base and flat sides, waisted neck and flared rim. 786 grams, 25cm (10"). Private...

1st millennium BC. A ceramic bulla with central depression to each face, hexagram to one face, rosette to the other. 70.5 grams, 58mm (2 1/4"). F...

3rd millennium BC. A carved jasper amulet of a reclining rabbit with exaggerated front paws, short rounded ears and incised large eyes, slit mouth...

2nd millennium BC. A fragment of ceramic bifacial tablet with two panels of cuneiform script (eleven partial columns) to the obverse and three par...

2nd millennium BC. A globular ceramic jar with narrow discoid base and flared neck. 333 grams, 12cm wide (4 3/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire, ...

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A group of four miniature bronze vessels, three with tripod legs. 317 grams total, 50-73mm (2 - 2 3/4"). Property ...

3rd-7th century AD. A mixed group of two haematite and one carnelian stamp seals, with geometric, floral and zoomorphic motifs; accompanied by a m...

3rd millennium BC. A haematite cylinder seal with intaglio shoal of fish and crescents; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 1.4 grams, 12...

Late 1st millennium BC. A carved limestone bull's head container for the preparation of kohl or other cosmetics, with shallow well in the rectangu...

1st millennium AD. A restrung necklace of mostly barrel-shaped and other graduated agate beads with modern gold-coloured spacer beads and clasp. ...

Late 2nd millennium BC. A ceramic juglet with globular body, trumpet mouth with chamfered rim, bifid strap handle, two bands of rouletting to the ...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A matching pair of gold hair rings with round-section hoops and tapering snake-head finials. 4.68 grams total, 10mm each (...