Balkans.- Woman traveller & scholar.- Near & Middle East Association Mrs. Margaret Hasluck...(who

Ancient Near East, Babylon, Middle Babylonian Period, 14th year of the reign of King Kadashman-Turgu, ca. 1268 BCE. An enormous and incredibly-detailed administrative tablet, formed from pressing an s

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. 1595 to 1155 BCE. A trio of hand-built terracotta administrative tablets with rectangular forms, slightly-rounded peripheries, and convex

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. 1595 to 1155 BCE. A nicely-preseved cuneiform tablet (also known as a "biscuit"), that discusses the disbursement of harvest revenues from

Lower torso of a Victory; Near East, 2nd century AD. Basalt. Provenance: M.V. collection, Madrid. Measurements: 48 x 28 x 22 cm (torso); 16 x 30 x 30 x 30 cm (base). Fragment of a sculpture from the N

Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaanite people, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A tall, thin, lost wax cast bronze figure of a woman with a zoomorphic, horse-like face. The figure stands on narrow legs endin

Ancient Near East, Anatolia (central Turkey) or northern Syria, Tell Halaf area, ca. 6500 to 4500 BCE. A petite terracotta fertility figure depicting a seated woman with voluptuous breasts and thighs

Near East, Mesopotamia, probably Syria, Tell Halaf area, ca. 6500 to 4500 BCE. A petite terracotta fertility figure depicting a seated woman with enlarged, voluptuous breasts and thighs as if emphasiz

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A large, deep, conical urn made using the coil method, the clay mixed by the woman who made it (women produced all ceramics in this culture

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. An abstract gray stone idol of conjoined figures carved with flat bodies surmounted by elliptical heads that each co

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. A petite and abstract gray stone idol of conjoined figures carved with flat bodies surmounted by elliptical heads th

An ancient Near Eastern, Iran, Luristan culture bronze spear point. Found in Iran. Circa: 2000 to 1500 BCE. A preserved example of a short spear head. Triangular, and with a pronounced mid rib, this w

An ancient Near Eastern Palestinian terracotta pottery jar. The jar has a globular shaped body tapering towards the bottom, a wide neck with fluted lips, and a curved handle. Circa: Late Bronze Age 15

Near East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. Wow! A stunning, naturalistic limestone head of a priest wearing a characteristically tubular headdress, known as a modius, enc

Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A tall, handsome mosaic depicting a young man holding an armful of food - possibly cuts of meat, possibly large fruit - in a white

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903) Loading the Camels, Salé, Morocco, alternately titled Along the Nile and Loading in the Donkeys, Near East Signed 'E.L. Weeks' (lower right), identified on a label fr

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, 6th millennium BCE. A female fertility idol carved from alabaster. She stands on attenuated, stubby legs with her right arm held straight by her side and her left arm f

FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937) MULL FROM IONA Watercolour(17cm x 27cm (6.75in x 10.5in))Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Mrs Margaret Brownlee, Edinburgh T

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A creamy white marble idol each with a distinctive beak-like nose, a narrow torso that widens at the waist, arms stretched outward, a

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Kassite period, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. Staring past the confine of time, a head depicting a haunting guise carved in soft white glazed faience with a petite nose

Near East, Palmyra, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A finely carved Palmyrene limestone head of a youthful female beauty, her quixotic visage comprised of large almond-shaped eyes wi

Ancient Near East, Old Babylon, reign of King Sin-Iddinam of Larsa, ca. 1849 to 1843 BCE. A gorgeous terracotta barrel cylinder of a biconical form with a planar base and a small perforation. The cyli

Near East/Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 1st century CE. A fascinating limestone figure, depicting a standing man draped in heavily textured himation. His face stares straight ahead at the view

Middle East,Circa 1900 Blue, navy blue, pink, white, green, brown, and yellow repeating botanical pattern over rust field surrounded by by flower and tendril boarders. Wool,20' x 11' 3". From the coll

CARRARA, ITALIAN MARBLE SCULPTURE 19TH.C H 35" D 16" REBECCA AT THE WELL Width 12". Important size sculpture of standing young woman near a well and water jug. Unsigned. Details include sandals, braid