An Ancient Terracotta Spindle Whorl with Rosette Pattern, Near East, 4th Millennium BCE

**Originally Listed At $150** Ancient Near East / Western Asia, Anatolia, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A footed ceramic plate with a meander pattern in black around its raised rim and an abstract pattern o

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) / Bactrian, ca. 3000 to 2000 BCE; Ancient Near East, ca. 4th millennium to 6th century BCE; Western Asia, probably made in Khorasan

Ancient Near East, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk period, 4th millennium BCE. A pair of dark stone idols with trapezoidal bodies and enormous, drilled, round eyes. Both come with custom stands. Size of larges

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk period, ca. 4th millennium BCE. A beautiful and highly-abstract idol of an abstract form, hand-carved from a mottled

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Sumer (modern-day Iraq), ca. 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. A nice group of three ceramic cuneiform tablets, also known as biscuits, each inscribed on one side

Ancient Near East, Anatolian/Cycladic, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A fascinating example of a Cycladic bronze idol in a form known as "violin" for obvious reasons. A discoid body with a

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 4th millennium BCE. An intriguing gathering of two hand-carved stone figures. One figure is an "eye idol," so named because of the pair

Ancient Near East, probably Anatolia, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A beautiful gathering of three hand-carved stone mace heads of solid, bulbous forms with central hafting holes drilled i

Ancient Near East, Anatolian / Cycladic, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A fascinating example of a Cycladic bronze idol in a form known as "violin" for obvious reasons. A rounded body with

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk period, ca. 4th millennium BCE. A hand-carved limestone idol of an abstract form. The figure is defined by a rough rectangular body with indented s

Ancient Africa or Near East, Egyptian or Levantine, ca. 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone mace head exhibiting white hues and 5 relatively uniform lobes. A central hafting shaft is drille

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Africa or Near East, Egyptian or Levantine, ca. 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone mace head exhibiting white hues and 5 relatively uniform lobes. A c

Ancient Near East, probably Anatolia or Mesopotamia, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone mace head with a spherical form and cylindrical hafting slots vertically drilled thro

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A lovely upper half of a press-molded clay plaque displaying a standing relief figure, probably representing Astarte (

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing idol of abstract form, hand-built from pottery, with a columnar body and a slightly flared base. The slender figure ho

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st millennium BCE. An elegant ensemble of 4 pottery vessels, all presenting bulbous bodies, sloped shoulders, flared rims, and slender hand

**Originally Listed At $650** Ancient Near East, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A really delightful ceramic ram, hand-modeled into a sturdy form with four nub-like legs, a thick body, and a proud head atop a

Near East, Persia, ca. 4th to 2nd century BCE. This is a hollow pottery figure - potentially a mold - in excellent condition, showing a mostly naked woman with exaggerated thighs and hips, her hands h

This small, yet significant, terracotta spindle whorl measures 4x3.5 cm or approximately 1.57x1.38 inches. Its geometric spiral design is indicative of the early Near Eastern civilizations from the 4t

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A lovely press-molded plaque displaying a standing depiction of the goddess Astarte (also known as Ishtar) in relief. She holds her han

Ancient Near East, Holyland, ca. 1st millennium BCE; Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 4th to 1st century BCE; Roman, late Imperial to early Byzantine, ca. 4th to 6th century CE; Western Europe,

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, ca. early to mid-1st millennium BCE. A wheel-thrown terracotta jar with an apple-shaped body, a flared rim, and a pair of strap handles along th

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A mold-made earthenware plaque showing a standing male figure in a striding pose. He has a long and impressive beard in the style of distinguish

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A pottery maskette depicting the grotesque features of the god of Pazuzu (Fazuzu or Pazuza) from Assyrian and Babylonian mythology. Enormous eye