Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Seal showing winged animal with                        
crown and Hebrew inscription.                          
Stone, from Jerusalem                                  
Size 0.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm                                
Inv. H 617
#08050626

Seal showing winged animal with crown and Hebrew inscrip...

Seal showing a man harvesting with a sickle.           
Stone
#08050627

Seal showing a man harvesting with a sickle. Stone

Young man in a Parthian costume, holding a rhyton.     
Funeral relief from the side of a sarcophagus.         
From Palmyra 1st half 3rd CE.                          
Limestone                                              
AO 4084
#08050628

Young man in a Parthian costume, holding a rhyton. Funeral relief from the...

Stele with eagle;inscription on the plinth:"Made by    
Zabd'Abel,son of Zebda Baida".From Palmyra,ancient     
Tadmor,Syria.                                          
Limestone relief
#08050629

Stele with eagle;inscription on the plinth:"Made by Zabd'Abel,son of Zebda B...

Necklaces from the High Place at Nahariya.             
Precious stones (1900-1600 BCE)
#080507 5

Necklaces from the High Place at Nahariya. Precious stones (1900-16...

Astarte. Gold figurine (15th BCE).                     
Middle part was broken and repaired.                   
From the Jordan Valley                                 
Height 38 cm, weight 450 g                             
Inv. R.E.H. 153
#080507 7

Astarte. Gold figurine (15th BCE). Middle part was broken a...

Female idol with a ring fastened behind the head,      
one arm spread to the left, the other on the hip.      
From a Canaanite sancturay in the El Hamah district.   
Gold (14th-13th BCE, Late Bronze or Early Iron Age).   
Height 4.8 cm, weight 10.9 g. Inv. R.E.H. 103
#080507 8

Female idol with a ring fastened behind the head, one arm spread to the le...

Earrings with stylized head of a horned animal         
on the lower part of the pendant.                      
Unique specimen from Canaan, Tell el-Ajjul.            
Gold (1600-1450 BCE, Late Bronze Age)
#080507 9

Earrings with stylized head of a horned animal on the lower part of the...

Necklace of beads of rock crystal, amethyst            
and gold plaques decorated with hieroglyphs.           
From Canaan, Tell el-Ajjul (Late Bronze Age)
#08050710

Necklace of beads of rock crystal, amethyst and gold plaques decorat...

Chain, gold and carnelian,                             
from Tell el-Ajjul (Late Bronze Age)
#08050711

Chain, gold and carnelian, from Tell el-Ajjul (Late...

Gold chain,                                            
from Tell el-Ajjul                                     
Late Bronze Age
#08050712

Gold chain, from Tell el-Ajjul...

Gold pendants and a ring,                              
from the rich ancient town                             
at Tell el-Ajjul                                       
Late Bronze Age
#08050713

Gold pendants and a ring, from the rich ancient to...