NEAR EAST MESOPOTAMIANÂ LAPIS LAZULI CYLIND

Ancient Near East, Sumerian or Achaemenid, ca. late 3rd to mid-1st millennium BCE. A fine selection of 3 hand-carved lapis lazuli amulets from the ancient Near East. First is an abstract anthropomorph

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Early Dynastic period, ca. 2900 to 2350 BCE. A fine tabloid seal hand-carved from vibrant blue lapis lazuli to feature the central figure of a king or god facing

Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 300 BCE. A porphyry amulet of a horse's head and neck. Also, modern day Turkmenistan, Namazga V, ca. 2000 BCE. A delicate cylindrical lapis lazuli bead. Also, Islamic world,

Behold this striking lapis lazuli scarab amulet from the 1st Millennium BCE, a precious relic of the Near East. Measuring approximately 0.98 by 0.59 inches, the artifact's deep celestial blue, laced w

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumerian, ca. 3000 to 2200 BCE. A stunning lapis lazuli stone carved into the form a crouching frog, simplified with slight bumps as the eyes, the front legs faintly et

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer / Babylon, ca. 1894 to 500 BCE. A cylinder seal hand-carved from vibrant blue lapis lazuli and set in an electrum setting - composed of 71.7% (equivalent 17K+) go

**First Time At Auction** Near East or Central Asia, Bactria or Luristan culture, ca. 3000 to 1000 BCE. A gorgeous pin for a cloak or tunic, cast from copper with a lapis lazuli finial. The shaft tape

enameled copper over particle board; signed with initials lower right, signed, titled and numbered verso Overall: 44 x 12 1/4 x 1 in. (111.8 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm.) Provenance: Property from the personal co

translucent very pale green with areas of rich iridescence, the cylindrical body with slightly convex sides and faint wheel-abraded horizontal bands, ending in a short cylindrical neck and collared ri

Large Tell Brak Marble Eye Idol, Near East, c. 3300-3000 B.C. Bell-shaped body with domed top surmounted by two protruding circular eyes. Some earth patination. Such idols are believed to have held sy

LARGE NEAR EAST BRONZE LONG SWORDVery large, Near East bronze long sword; the blade of long, slender form, tapering towards a point with flat central midrib; the handle and blade cast as a single piec

**Originally Listed At $2000** Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2200 BCE. A fabulous tripod vessel comprised of a hemispherical bowl

An Anatolian Bronze Figure of Bearded Deity - Iron Age. Near East, Possibly Canaanite or from Urartu. Bronze figure of a male bearded deity wearing a crown and holding a mace/scepter. Traces of blue p

Ancient Near East, Syria-Levant, ca. 1700 to 1600 BCE. A solid bronze figure, perhaps representing Shamash, the Near Eastern sun god, seated and holding both hands out, the right hand forming a fist w

Luristan origin with double ear pommel and geometric stipple designed handle. L. 36 in.

52 Luristan Arrow Tips : Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. 52 Luristan arrow tips, from the Lorestan Province and Kermanshah in western Iran. There are all with "rat

26 Luristan Spearheads: Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. 26 Luristan spearheads, two barbed from the Lorestan Province and Kermanshah in western Iran. There are a m

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Ancient Near East/the Levant, Canaan, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1950 to 1539 BCE. A finely shaped, bronze, flat axe head with the "duckbill" design - two ovoid openings near the shaft. This piece would b

Height: 4.7 inches. Width: 7.9 inches. Height: 12cm Width: 20cm

Ancient Near East, modern day Turkey / Syria, Archaic period, ca. 3rd millennium BCE; Iron Age II to III, 10th to 6th century BCE. A fabulous ensemble of five stone seal beads from the Ancient Near Ea

Marble head of an idol of the Kiliya type. Western Asiatic, about 2700 - 2400/2300 BC. Height 4,6cm. Broken at the neck, mounted on a base. Kopf eines Kiliya-Idols. Westasiatisch, ca. 2700 - 2400/2300

Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Tell Brak, Eye Idol Uruk c.3300-2500 BC. Size 1 5/8 inches high + stand. Fine carved cream color stone idol of thin slab of stone and incised lines. Custom mounted. Proven

With sumerian inscriptions. Circa 3rd-2nd millennium b.c. provenance: provenance: private new york, new york, usa collection. Condition: intact.