Collectables Auctions

1980-2008 A.D. A.S. Melikian-Chirvani - Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8th-18th centuries - London, 1982, hardback, 410 pp; Andrew Olive...

1961-1999 A.D. Stuart Piggott (ed.) - The Dawn of Civilization - London, 1961, hardback, 404 pp; Joanne Jessop - the X-Ray Picture Book of Big Bui...

1978-1989 A.D. General Sir John Hackett - Warfare in the Ancient World - London, 1989, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp; Richard Humble - Warfare...

1974-1994 A.D. Gerald McDermott - The Voyage of Osiris - New York, 1977, hardback with dustwrapper, 32pp; Geraldine Pinch - Magic in Ancient Egypt...

1979-1996. Nicholas Reeves - The Complete Tutankhamun: The King. The Tomb. The Royal Treasure - London, 1990, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp; N...

1965-2011 A.D. Diana Craig Patch - Dawn of Egyptian Art - New York, 2011, hardback with dustwrapper, 275 pp; Michael Rice - Egypt's Making: Origin...

1975 A.D. John B. Callender - Ancient Egyptian Volume 2 - Malibu, 1975, card covers, 144 pp. 438 grams, 28 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.). From the p...

Circa 12th-14th century A.D. A delicate repoussé disc with rosette design. 0.12 grams, 7 mm (1/4 in.). Property of a North London, UK, gentleman....

Circa 2nd millennium B.C. With frieze depicting a a seated figure holding a vessel in one extended hand, a star, a leaping dog, a nude female faci...

19th-16th century B.C. Haematite with a standing naked female facing frontally, a male worshipper wearing long robes and cap, hands raised in pray...

2nd millennium B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces; chipped. Cf. MacGregor, N., A History of the World in 100 O...

2nd millennium B.C. Comprising: one with spiralling plaque and pellets to loops on the outer perimeter; one with openwork geometric design compose...

Circa 18th-19th century A.D. With thirteen lines of Naskh script text to each side, red interlinear diacritics, rosettes, and handwritten note at ...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Discoid in plan with tiered handle and transverse hole, with gusset to the upper face, chamfered shoulder; underside with ...

1st millennium B.C. Including fusiform, tubular, biconvex and other types. 10.51 grams total, 3-23 mm (1/8 - 7/8 in.). Ex property of a late Japa...

1st millennium B.C. With slightly flared base and rim, raised horizontal ridge to the outer face. 2.93 kg, 13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.). From a collection...

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. In a single register, the scene comprising a seated female figure, possibly a deity, accompanied by an animal at her feet ...

Circa 8th-12th century A.D. Including tabular, polyhedral, rectangular and a barrel-shaped one; all with impressed markings. 55 grams total, 13-2...

Circa 2300-2200 B.C. and later. Comprising: an Akkadian example with a heroic scene carved in shell, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed a...

2500-2300 B.C. The scene engraved in a single register, comprising three heroes upending two lions, a rearing stag behind one of the heroes; accom...

1st millennium B.C. With frieze depicting a kilted male figure facing two horses, with stars and other items in the field; supplied with a museum-...

Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with a bearded male figure wearing a kilt and cap, in front a bearded male deity wearing a kilt and horned cap,...

Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with a bull-man holding a rearing ibex, a naked bearded male facing frontally and holding a goat upside down, a...

Circa 1st millennium B.C. With intaglio hunting scene depicting dense vegetation and a huntsman; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.47 ...

2112–2094 B.C. The top section of a foundation cone from the reign of Ur-Nammu, with domed face, the side inscribed with columns of cuneiform text...

1st millennium B.C. Comprising three openwork pendants with central cross motifs, applied pellets throughout. 61.2 grams total, 48-51 mm (1 7/8 -...

2nd millennium B.C. Comprising: larger example with three figures in flounced robes and a fourth in advancing pose; smaller with three females in ...

8th-6th century B.C. Modelled in the round, head with bulbous headdress and crest; loop absent. 5.87 grams, 20 mm (3/4 in.). Private European col...

Circa 4th century A.D. or earlier. Impressed menorah to one side, the other side with a standing eagle. 3.69 grams, 13 mm (1/2 in.). From the pro...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including discoid and rosette types with spokes, cells and other ornament. 106 grams total, 39-56 mm (1 1/2 - 2 1/4 in.)....

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Modelled in the round, the stag standing with legs firmly set, ears and antlers carefully modelled; mounted on a custom-ma...

1st millennium B.C. and later. Including gladiator figurine, model stag, petronel, barrel-shaped bead and other items. 287 grams total, 27-85 mm ...

Early 2nd millennium B.C. With frieze depicting two bovines advancing, each with a bridle and trailing a rope, amphorae in the field; old collecto...

2nd millennium B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one edge; chipped, repaired. Cf. MacGregor, N., A Histor...

Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with a group of four standing figures consisting of a bearded male wearing a kilt and horned cap, crescent moon...

Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with the weather and storm god Adad standing of his symbol animal (the bull), holding in his left hand the ligh...

2nd-8th century A.D. Comprising a flattened sheet fragment with cursive text to one face. 13 grams, 96 mm (3 3/4 in.). From the property of late ...

2nd millennium B.C. Black stone with a figure wearing a long robe and horned cap, holding a sceptre, other hand raised in greeting to a central ma...

2nd millennium B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with cuneiform text to one broad face and one edge; chipped. Cf. MacGregor, N., A History of the Wor...

1st millennium B.C. and later. Mainly bicones, spheres and oblate shapes. 280 grams total, 6-34 mm (1/4 - 1 3/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abel...

Circa 1st millennium B.C. Plano-convex body with incuse pellet 'spots', incised facial and carapace details. 6.5 grams, 22 mm (3/4 in.). UK priva...

Circa 604-562 B.C. A rectangular-section panel with fourteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple by Nebuchadnezzar II,...

Circa 4th century A.D. or earlier. Discoid with an impressed menorah to one side, the reverse with an eagle(?). 1.27 grams, 13 mm (1/2 in.). From...

Circa 1st millennium B.C. Comprising: two baguette-shaped stone bars, a D-section scaphoid haematite bar, a columnar stone bar with rounded ends, ...

1st millennium B.C. Comprising two penannular bracelets, one with beast head terminals the other formed of two rods twisted about each other. 68....

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including drum-shaped jar, broad bowl, piriform jar and other items. 2.56 kg total, 10.5 - 14 cm (4 1/2 - 5 1/2 in.). Ex ...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including ribbed tubular, granulated disc, biconvex and other types. 10.13 grams total, 2-8 mm (1/8 - 1/4 in.). Ex proper...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including bowl with carinated profile, bulbous painted jar and other items. 2.7 kg total, 12 cm wide -14 cm high (4 3/4 -...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With frieze of standing figures, fronds, vases, scrolls, birds and other items. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cyl...

Circa 1st millennium A.D. Comprising: a pair of tweezers; two looped needles; a spoon; an awl with long stem; a probe; and a spatula. 52 grams to...

1st millennium A.D. and later. Including liturgical spoons and other items. 247 grams total, 4.6-22.8 cm (1 3/4 - 9 in.). UK private collection b...

Circa 3rd-1st century B.C. Broad and of low conical profile with inturned carinated rim, basal ring; painted pattern of fronds and pellets. 97 gr...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Haematite seal with carved frieze of a standing supplicant offering a vessel to a seated potentate; accompanied by a museu...

Circa 8th-6th century B.C. The animal carved with its head and neck resting along its back; stylised figure with crescent horns or headdress engra...

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Haematite with a robed figure with beard and cap facing a robed female(?) with hands raised, rosette between their faces...

Circa 1900-1800 B.C. Haematite with four standing figures; accompanied by a section of an old typed scholarly note on a collection of 61 seals, ty...

Circa 4th century A.D. or earlier. Impressed menorah to one face, the other side with faint remains of an eagle. 1.08 grams, 12 mm (1/2 in.). Fro...

1st millennium B.C. Including biconvex, granulated collar, drum-shaped and other types. 15.27 grams total, 7-13 mm (1/4 - 1/2 in.). Ex property o...

13th-7th century B.C. Comprising a slender blade with a raised midrib extending towards the short tang. 147 grams, 27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.). Property...

3rd-7th century A.D. Composed of a small plano-convex body engraved with a ritualistic figure or symbol to the base; drilled for suspension. For s...