An early Iranian horse appliqué, 2nd millennium B.C.

This cylinder seal, crafted from steatite in the early 2nd millennium BC, features a dynamic procession of horses, a motif that signifies status and power in Near Eastern cultures. The horses are rend

Bactrian ChaliceOasis culture, probably late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCAlabasterHeight 26 cm

Ancient Bactrian stone column idol Circa late 3rd - early 2nd Millennium B.C. Size 8 1/2 inches high, 4 inches diameter widest point. Carved stone Idol of waisted cylindrical form, with a shallow groo

Bactrian ChaliceOasis culture, probably late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCAlabasterHeight 23 cm

Bactrian ChaliceOasis culture, probably late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCAlabasterHeight 17 cm

A Syro-Hittite Terra Cotta Figure  Circa Early 2nd Millennium B.C. Height 5 1/4 inches. Provenance: Donna Jacobs Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1989 (with invoice) Property from the George R. Francoe

A Western Asiatic Banded Agate Necklace  Circa Late 3rd-Early 2nd Millennium B.C. Length 20 3/8 inches (31.7 cm). Provenance: Sarkis & Haddad, Beirut. Private Collection, acquired from the above

A composite stone seated female figure, Bactria-Margiana, late 3rd - early 2nd Millennium BC, the body of chlorite or steatite and the head and shoulders of limestone. The figure wears a robe and sits

A Syro-Hittite Terra Cotta Figure Circa Early 2nd Millennium B.C. Height 4 7/8 inches. Provenance: Col. J.G. Pillow, acquired in Syria, prior to 1978 By family descent to the present owner

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of five bronze stamp seals comprising: one discoid with horned quadruped and leaf to the field, u-shape handle to the reverse; one formed as a guilloche

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments of pillow-shaped tablets with impressed cuneiform text. 154 grams total, 43-60 mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the

Early 2nd millennium B.C. A stone cylinder seal with an adoration scene comprising a pair of worshippers facing a pillar with a crescent moon above, each dressed in a long garment, hair dressed in a l

A Levantine ceramic stamp seal in the form of a human foot, late 3rd – early 2nd Millennium BC, with glossy dark gray-brown surfaces, on base an incised floral vase design; horizontal suspension thr

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments from pillow-shaped tablets with impressed text to one remaining face. 241 grams total, 38 - 86 mm (1 1/2 - 3 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cune

A neat Levantine banded marble cylinder seal, late 3rd - early 2nd Millennium BC, carved from black marble with a angled white band and depicts a banquet scene with three seated figures, two of which

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Pillow-shaped in form with cuneiform text in dense rows to both faces and one edge; partly absent. 66 grams, 56 mm (2 1/4 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the

Early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze double ended socketed axehead with wide socket hole and slightly flaring blade. Property of a Hampshire collector; acquired in the early 1980s. 85 grams, 70mm (3").

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A carved limestone columnar idol with waisted body, transverse slot to each flat face Cf. Pottier, M. H., Matériel funéraire de la Bactriane méridonale de L' Age d

3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender lentoid-section blade with rounded expanding edge. 175 grams, 10cm (4"). Pri

Early 2nd millennium B.C. A deeply-cut stone cylinder seal pendant with a pair of advancing antelopes facing a stylised male figure standing in water; drilled through the top for suspension; accompani

3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender lentoid-section blade with rounded expanding edge. Cf. Godard, F. The Art of

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A polychrome ceramic biconvex jar with everted rim, band of painted ornament to the shoulder, alternating hatched and fish-scale motifs. 401 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4") Ex

Later 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A carved schist vessel, rectangular in plan with three incised ring-and-dot motifs to each flat face, rounded shoulders and everted rim to the mouth. 67 grams, 50mm

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. A steatite vessel of squat carinated form, clusters of circumferential channels above and below the medial ridge and encircling the base, inverted vessel rim. 88 gra