Auction 38: Fine Ancient Artifacts

A lot of 5 necklaces composed of antique glass beads from the Levant. Each is well-strung and wearable with beads in an opaque pale blue and red glass

A lot of 4 necklaces composed of antique glass beads from the Levant. Each is well-strung and wearable with beads in various colors in opaque and tran

A nice Late Roman - Byzantine blue glass pendant juglet, c. 4th - 7th Century AD, with loop handle, the body with vibrant iridescence and decorated wi

A nice Roman yellow glass pendant with Victory in a quadriga, c. 3rd - 4th Century AD, she holds a wreath aloft, the horses turning to either side. L:

A nice Roman yellow glass pendant depicting Herakles strangling the Nemean Lion, c. 3rd - 4th Century AD, his club behind and he is crowned by Victory

A lot of 4 Roman glass pendants, c. 1st - 3rd Century AD, including three rounded types with large loops in medium blue glass and another in a deep gr

A Roman glass pendant depicting a lion, Holy Land, c. 1st - 3rd Century AD, in a yellow-green glass, the lion stands to left beneath a palm-tree, larg

A pair of Roman glass pendants from the Holy Land, c. 1st - 3rd Century AD, one in deep yellow, the other in a yellow-green glass, both depicting a li

A Late Roman - Byzantine glass token or weight, c. 5th - 7th Century AD, in pale yellow glass and stamped with a peacock with tail in splendor. 2.8 x

A group of 40 Near Eastern stone and glass beads, c. 1st Millennium BC, predominately of translucent carnelian, which are in a myriad of shapes and si

A Near Eastern bronze female amulet, Elymais, c. 1st Century BC, depicted nude and resembling fertility figures of the period, with exaggerated facial

A large Bactrian gold ear ornament, c. early 2nd millennium BC, consisting of two pairs of different size balls attached to a long, curved ear wire. L

A pair of Old Babylonian hematite weights, c. 1900 - 1750 BC, both nicely carved in the form of a shell with attractive style and good detail. L: 1.4

A nice Neo-Assyrian chalcedony stamp seal, c. 8th - 7th Century BC, carved from nice translucent stone, the base a worshipper standing before an altar

An Old Babylonian hematite cylinder seal, c. 1900 - 1750 BC, depicting three standing male figures before a winged deity and a lion. L: 2.2 cm. Intact

A nice rectangular black steatite stamp seal, Northern Syria, c. 3rd Millennium BC, the base rectangular and flat with a barrel-shaped handle decorate

A Near Eastern black steatite cylinder seal, Syria - Levante, c. 3rd Millennium BC, divided into two registers, the upper with various trees and plant

A rare silver scroll from the Holy Land, c. 7th - 4th Century BC, well-preserved with Aramaic text visible on all the visible surfaces. L: 1 7/16 in (

A nice Sumerian black steatite stamp seal, 3100 - 2900 BC, the body in the form of a bird with nicely carved detail, longitudal suspension hole throug

An early Near Eastern marble stamp seal strung with Sumerian stone and shell beads. The seal, c. 4th Millennium BC, of pyramidal shape with suspension