TWO MESOPOTAMIAN CLAY DOCUMENTS Circa 2150 - 2050 B.C.

Two Near Eastern Clay Weights Circa 4000-3100 B.C. Diameter 3/4 inch (1.5 cm). Property from the Collection of Dr. Warren Breisblatt, Frederick, Maryland Provenance: Collection acquired from the Ameri

Accompanied by a printed and handwritten description, "Mesopotamian Clay Tablet Ur III period, c. 2150-2000 BC. Administrative record: receipt of barely dated, with seal impression. One false cor

Sixteen Egyptian white steatite scarabs Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period, circa 2050-1567 B.C. All with incised detail on the underside, one with interlinked scrolls, 21mm; two with incised

Ca. 2000 BC.A rectangular-section ceramic tablet with rounded edges and corners, bearing cuneiform script to both faces in panels. Documents such as this piece were used for a multitude of things incl

Height: 1 1/8 inches (2.8 cm.) Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Ex. Haddad family collection, acquired in the early 1970's. With a pair of eyes formed as two connecting open cylinders, atop the neck, and a f

Circa 2nd millennium B.C. A group of five clay tablet fragments of various shapes and sizes, each with cuneiform text to one or multiple faces. 128 grams total, 25-76 mm (1 - 3 in.). Specialised colle

Measuring approximately 7" long, this elaborate schist seal stamp was used to create whole documents like the one shown on the clay model in the image stream. It, and many lots forthcoming are from th

Neolithic Period, circa 2400-2050 B.C. Lanceolate with narrow rounded butt; tip professionally restored. 131 grams, 26.2 cm (10 3/8 in.). Acquired mid to late 20th century from older collections. From

6 1/4" Outstanding Stone Age Neolithic Fatyanovo Culture Battle-Axe made of Porphyry Granite. circa 2900 to 2050 BC. This is a very nice old world axe. Most Neolithic drilled axes from that part of th

A pair of late Bronze Age protection armlets, circa 800 B.C. Two bronze protection armlets, each with a spiral with tutulus and engraved geometric decoration. Late Bronze Age, about 800 B.C. Light and

A Syro-Hittite Clay Double Headed Figure Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Height 3 3/4 inches (9 cm). Provenance: Art Market, Europe, prior to 1980s. Private Collection, Michigan, 1980s-1998; thence by decen

Ancient Near East, Southern Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A gathering of two large rectangular clay tablets with lightly rounded peripheries and slightly convex faces. Each

Two Achamenid Gold Lion-Headed Appliques Circa 5th century B.C. Each delicate embossed profile head with openwork curling mane, meant to be set into a diadem or crown. Diameter of each 3 inches. C The

A Greek black-glazed two-handled vessel South Italy, circa 5th-4th Century B.C. The ovoid body with vertical ribbed decoration, the handles composed of two strips bifurcating to form spurs where the

A Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Middle Babylonian Period, Circa 1595-1155 B.C. Height 3 inches (7.6 cm). Property from a New Jersey Private Collection Provenance: Art Market, Germany, acquired 24 Jul

Neolithic period, Majiayao culture (ca. 3300–2050 B.C.), terracotta with black and red geometric glazed figure decoration, small lid having an animal head knop, two lugs and two loops on the hi

A Mesopotamian cuneiform clay foundation brick inscribed for Nebuchadnezzar II Neo Babylonian, circa 604-562 B.C. The brick impressed with six complete and one partial line of cuneiform with the stan

Almond-shaped eyes slightly stretched at the ends. The back of the eyes in polished calcite, the pupils in black obsidian. The eyeliner represented by two stretched strips of dark blue glass. Convex p

Two San Jeronimo Pottery Figures, a Colima Figure and a Nayarit Figure West Mexico, Circa 250 B.C.-250 A.D. Height of first 6 inches. Provenance: Donna Jacobs Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1988 Prope

Circa 2100 BC An ancient Sumerian foundation cone dating to the Second Dynasty of Lagash, Reign of Gudea, 2141 BC to 2122 BC. As is typical, this cone (or nail) shaped clay 'tablet' is incised with cu

Chinese Han Dynasty bronze Fanghu vase, having two handles depicting beast heads holding free hands. PROVENANCE: From the Tung Family Collection, Austin, Texas. 14"H, Circa - 202 BC - 220AD

Early Dynastic III, circa 2550-2250 B.C. A chlorite vessel with vertical wall and slightly convex base, dense frieze of creatures in combat; eagles with splayed limbs, grasping the serpents in its tal

Two European bronze multiple spiral fibulae Bronze Age, circa 1200-800 B.C. Both fibulae formed from a length of wire, with pin and catch closing mechanism, the long pin wound into eleven tight coil

A Jewish Limestone Ossuary Roman Period, circa 1st century BC to 1st Century AD The front panel incised with geometric decoration and two large rosettes. With cover (possibly supplied) Length 23 x 12