Northern Africa/Middle East 1570

Heading: Author: Ortelius, Abraham Title: Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adjacientium Typus Place Published: [Antwerp] Publisher: Date Published: 1570- Description: Copper-engra

In this lot is a collection of tribal-made beaded items from various cultures. First is a wonderful African beaded bid collar/necklace. This necklace has beads of black, red, turquoise, and brass with

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST LOT, STAMPS F */O. Description: Lot more than 800 stamps on Vario pages from different periods, mint and used. Many complete series. Country; Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ifni, Mozambique,

Vintage paper currency from locations including Greece, Turkey, Middle East, Africa and possibly more.

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, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A finely preserved example of a hand-built pottery figure depicting Astarte, an ancient goddess known throughout the Ne

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, northern Arabia / southern Levant, Nabataean people, ca. 1st century CE. A bronze female figurine, petite in form, standing atop a pair of delineated legs. Constricted shoulders lea

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite, ca. 2750 to 1900 BCE. A finely preserved pottery idol figure of an intriguing form depicting the mother goddess Astarte. She stands with slender legs a

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, 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 Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Marlik culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast-bronze short sword with an openwork hilt and lunate pommel meant to hold lavish inlays. Beyond the

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, Northern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Marlik, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast-bronze dagger exhibiting a thick shoulder, a stocky handle with raised ringlets, and a concave lunate pomm

Ancient Near East, Northern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Amlash, ca. 9th to 8th century BCE. A cast-leaded bronze vessel with an intriguing shape and prominent spout, resting on a ring foot base. The

Ancient Near East, northern Iran, Amlash culture, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. This is a very classic looking "fertility idol", hand sculpted from pottery, showing a female figure with emphasized thighs, a be

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, northern Arabia / southern Levant, Nabataean people, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A cast-bronze anthropomorphic figure standing upon a pair of delineated stalky legs and b

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

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Ancient Near East, Northern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Luristan / Amlash, Iron Age, ca. 11th to 7th century BCE. A cast bronze vessel with an intriguing shape and prominent spout, resting on a flat

**Originally Listed At $500** Ancient Near East, Northern Iraq / Syria, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A crudely engraved fish faces right before star. Bordering the central design, two

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

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Bronze Age, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery goddess of minimalist form boasting an hourglass physique with raised breasts, a recessed naval, and a trian