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URARTU MILITARY BELT
still elastic bronze sheet with brownish green patina,
Anatolian, Uratu, 8th ctry. B.C.
134 cm x 9.5 cm, intact with fine decoration of dots all around,
the end terminating in a circular clip …
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BRONZE BRACELET
Etruscan, c. 8th ctry. B.C.,
16 coils, intact with green patina and incrustation,
diam. c. 8 cm.
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SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA CONE,
3rd DYNASTY OF UR, c. 2100 B.C.,
surface partly worn, some incrustation,
h. 10.4 cm.
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CAST MASSIVE BRONZE DAGGER
Eastern Mediterranean, c. 12th ctry. B.C.,
cast bronze with 4 ribs, heavy and lethal (!), the terminal is bent in the
shape of a hook, originally meant to hold a wooden handle,
intact, dark green patina, some incrustation, l. 56.5 cm, weight 1083 g.
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AKKADIAN FAIENCE CYLINDER SEAL
2300-2200 B.C.,
fine cylinder seal in cream marble, engraved with a frieze
of five figures all standing right and wearing long robes
with bottom fringes. ...
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PHOENICIAN BONE STAMP SEAL
1600-1300 B.C.,
bone stamp seal engraved with two juxtaposed figures,
crack along drilled hole glued, 19 mm x 18 mm.
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EARLY BRONZE AGE POTTERY SIEVE VESSEL
Proto-Villanovan, 2nd Mill. B.C.,
rough fabric impasto,
professionally repaired from big shards, h. 12,5 cm.
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GREEK BRONZE AGE NECKLACE
c. 8th ctry. B.C.,
with eight ring pendants,
bronze with green patina and some incrustation,
intact, diam. 10.5 cm.
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SUMERIAN CYLINDER SEAL
3rd Millennium B.C.,
showing a griffin, a tree and a standing male figure,
white glazed faience,
intact, 20 mm.
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EARLY BRONZE AGE POTTERY DIPPER
Holy Land, 3rd Millennium B.C.,
intact, h. incl. handle: 18 cm.
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EARLY BRONZE AGE POTTERY DIPPER
Holy Land, 3rd Millennium B.C.,
intact, h. incl. handle: 12 cm.
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CYLINDER SEAL
Djemdet-Nasr Period, c. 3000 B.C.,
showing a school of fish, white marble,
intact, 14 mm.
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BRONZE AGE DOUBLE HANDLE POT
Magna Graecia, c. 8th ctry. B.C.,
orange clay, lidded,
intact, h. 11.5 cm.
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BRONZE AGE CINERARY URN
Magna Graecia, c. 8th ctry. B.C.,
orange clay, chip at lid invisibly repaired, otherwise intact,
h. 16.5 cm.
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STUNNING STIRRUP JAR
Mycenaean, 1400 - 1200 B.C.,
intact, (surface on one side somewhat worn),
a very rare and desirable collector's item!
h. 28 cm, 11 in.
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BRONZE AGE IMPASTO BOWL
Villanovanan, c. 10th ctry. B.C.,
2 holes for suspension,
intact, h. 7.5 cm diam. 20 cm.
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OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET, c. 1950 B.C.
12 cm. x 5.5 cm (4.7 by 2.2 inches),
with inscription in Old Babylonian cuneiform consisting
of 35 lines covering both sides of the tablet ....
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YORTAN CULTURE POTTERY JUGLET,
from Yortan, Anatolia, (modern Turkey), c. 2700 - 2500 B.C.,
black clay with incrustation,
intact, h. 9 cm.
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VERY RARE DOUBLE SPOUTED IMPASTO JAR
Villanovan, c. 8th ctry. B.C.,
heavy pottery decorated with diagonal ribs,
one handle and one spout glued, otherwise intact, h. 18 cm.
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VERY RARE DOUBLE SPOUTED IMPASTO JAR
Villanovan, c. 8th ctry. B.C.,
heavy pottery with flamed surface,
except for unimportant chipping at rim intact, h. 19 cm.
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SYRIAN-PHOENICIAN DUCK WEIGHT
c. 15th - 11th ctry. B.C.,
duck, turning its head to the back,
banded agate, 20 mm, weight 1.59 gms (one "Khummushu" ?).
Khummushu = 1.72 g.
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