An Ancient Alabaster Bead, Near East, 2nd Millennium BCE

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fascinating strand of ancient beads, composed of 11 hand-carved carnelian beads, 2 small glass beads, and dozens of

Ancient Near East, Anatolia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-carved, beige-hued stone stamp seal with a conical handle, a perforated suspension hole, and a broad stamp face incised with a highly styliz

**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 $175** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A collection of 31 ancient carnelian beads of various shapes - rounded, biconical ovoid, tubular, and seed bead

**Originally Listed At $350** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. Bright red carnelian, pale blue faience and paste glass, white ceramic, and pink quartz beads from ancient Sume

**Originally Listed At $350** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A collection of dozens of ancient carnelian seed beads, white paste glass seed beads, and larger faience and re

**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. Bright red carnelian, pale blue faience, and white ceramic seed beads from ancient Sumer have been strung using

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A stunning necklace comprised of dozens of chalcedony beads of barrel, cylinder, ellipsoid, spherical, and discoid forms boasting

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

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A grey-green stone stamp bead with its flat face incised with the form of a standing ibex. The upper part of the s

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A gorgeous necklace composed of stone and faience beads in a well-balanced design that alternates between the l

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. An elegant weight carved by hand from yellow-brown alabaster boasting natural banding which ranges in color

Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A beautiful set of wearable earrings with cylindrical and barrel-shaped faience beads in hues of pale green, blue, and white. Suspended at the

**Originally Listed At $100** Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fine necklace formed from dozens of small faience and stone beads. The beads are shaped in spherical, cylindric

Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fine necklace formed from dozens of faience and stone beads that graduate toward the center strung onto a modern strand with a modern lobster

Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fabulous necklace composed of 6 blue and yellow glass beads, 4 carnelian beads, 14 jasper beads, and dozens of small faience beads in hues of

**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

**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

Ancient Near East, Anatolia, 2nd millennium BCE. What a charming little figure! A small pottery bull, probably votive, made to be placed in a temple or at a home altar, shown with enormous horns and a

Ancient Near East, Babylonian, 2nd millennium BCE. A lovely press-molded clay plaque displaying a full-length standing figure of the enchanting Astarte (also known as Ashtoreth and Ishtar in parts of

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-carved sandstone plaque of rectangular form featuring a right-facing feline of sizable form. The large leopard strides forward with slend

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

**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 (