An Ancient Steatite Carving of a Humanoid "Eagle Head" Idol, Near East, 3rd Millennium BCE

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Syrian Provincial, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A bifacial steatite stamp seal of a rectangular form with rounded corners. The front face of the seal features a

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fabulous necklace strung with dozens of petite ancient steatite and faience beads in black, white, and gray - arranged on a mode

Near East, Bactria, ca. 3rd to 2nd Millennium BCE. A large stone idol, somewhat humorously carved in the shape of a large aspirin tablet, with a groove dividing both surfaces into semi-circles. Size:

Ancient Near East, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. This is a simply-shaped, heavy bronze axe head representing some of the early bronze casting of the ancient Near East. The blade curves downward and there is

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

**Originally Listed At $500** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fantastic necklace strung with over 100 ancient beads made from faience, steatite, and carnelian.

**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, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A cone shaped clay tablet with incised cuneiform around its body. The top of the tablet has a flat "nail head" below which the body tapers to

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. An enormous hand-built pottery female fertility idol with its highly-burnished surface covered in tan slip. The columnar-form f

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing terracotta idol with a roughly triangular body, rounded peripheries, and a pair of pierced 'eyes' surrounded by thinly

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fabulous necklace strung with dozens of black, white, and gray beads that create an attractive pattern

**Originally Listed At $100** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A striking assemblage of dozens of petite cylindrical steatite beads in hues of light and dark grey

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess standing atop fused columnar leg

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. An interesting hand-built earthenware female idol, perhaps with fertility connotations in mind based on the globular br

**Originally Listed At $750** Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing terracotta idol with a roughly triangular body, rounded peripheries, and a pair of pierc

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 $1,000... Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess s

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, 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, 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

Ancient Near East, northern Levant, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery female idol figure of a characteristically abstract form standing atop a gently flared base. The femi

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built terracotta female fertility idol of a characteristically abstract form with an incis

This steatite figure, with an eagle's head atop a human form, is a testament to the Near Eastern melding of the natural world with the divine. Such figures often represented powerful deities and were

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