Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World (327)

Ancient Biblical Middle Bronze Age Tridacna shell

Dated from, 1850 - 1550 BC

Measurements: Length: 14.5 cm - Width: 9 cm

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#927967

DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 3rd Century BC

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#729615

BURNISHED POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham"

Nicely made with a shaped neck and a little round base with remains of ancient paint pigment on the body.

Dimensions:
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this ancient very rare museum quality Roman - Egyptian pottery FROG oil lamp with a star potter's mark on the backside, dating to around 200 AD

THIS LAMP WILL SURELY MAKE A MAJOR ADDITION TO THE FINEST OIL LAMP COLLECTION, A REAL MASTERPIECE

Measurements: Length: 8 cm - Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition, not repaired and not restored very well preserved

The symbolism of the frog related to childbirth and new life

Thi...

RED SLIP POTTERY OIL LAMP
CRUSADER PERIOD, 11TH CENT. AD

This type is referred to as “saucer lamps” or “beehive lamps”...

An authentic ancient Egyptian steatite stone scarab seal depicting Symmetric hieroglyphs on either side.

Middle Kingdom, 2nd Intermediate period, C...

ANCIENT BRONZE COIN PENDANT OF EMPEROR LICINIUS
ROMAN PERIOD, 308 – 324 AD
Obverse: Laureate head right
Reverse: Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath left.

Nicely set on sterling silver pendant

Dimensions:
Length: 3 cm
Diameter: 2

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

Licinius was a tough Illyrian soldier and, in the eyes of Galerius, an ideal choice...

POTTERY JAR WITH A HIGH LOOPED HANDLE
HOLY LAND, Chalcholithic Age, 4000 - 3100 BC

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 12 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm

Condition: Handle repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Jericho "Jordan Valley", Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the bible land during the biblical periods...

POTTERY RATTLE
IRON AGE II, 1000 – 586 BC
Time of the Kings of ancient Israel”

Concave-sided, hollow body, closed on either side end with convex disc, hole of different size on either end.

Measurements:
Length: 9 cm
Diameter: 6.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel.

Hollow objects containing pebbles or clay pieces are found in Iron Age sites, mainly in tom...

ZOOMORPHIC DECORATED POTTERY WINE VESSEL
Byzantine Empire, 5th – 6th Century AD

A fascinating ancient Byzantine decorated pottery zoomorphic wine vessel in the form of a cockerel with a loop handle.

The liquids could be poured through the orifice in the animal's head...

DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Nabatean 50 BC – 150 AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

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#829078 A lamp such as this might have lit homes in the fabled city of Petra during the flowering of the Nabatean Empire...

DECORATED POTTERY PAN WITH TWO HANDLES
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

From Jerusalem, decorated pottery pan with two handle

Measurements:
Height: 11 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Condition: Expected minor chips at the rim as shown otherwise intacts

Found near Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
Byzantine Empire, 5th - 6th Century AD

Cast bronze, the outside rim of the bowl incised with two lines pattern, three loops on the rim joined to suspension chains.
The use of censers in Christian worship became widespread after the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great. The burning of incense had a central place in Christian ritual and was more important in the eastern than the western liturgy. The censers were hung in various places in the church...

We are pleased to offer this important and very rare ancient biblical Iron Age pottery figure of an Astarte "Fertility/ Mother Goddess"

Dated from, Dated from, 1000 - 586 BC "Time of the Kings of ancient Israel

The general consensus appears to be that the pillar figurines probably represent some form of "Mother Goddess" personifying fertility, possibly the goddess Astarte of the Canaanites, sidonians, and Philistines

Hand-formed body and a mold formed head, solid cylindrical pillar...

POTTERY JAR
HOLY LAND, Roman "Herodian" 37 BC - 100 AD
Second temple period
Time of Christ

Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and rim...

GLASS FLASK
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - 2nd Cent. AD

This lovely perfume vessel with beautiful patina has survived the centuries with its beauty intact. The flattened body rising to a firm and graceful cylindrical neck with a rim folded outwards.

One of the earliest types of free blown-glass vessels in an elongated bottle with a short body and a long neck. The content of such bottles could be poured out slowly, in tiny drops, and the small mouth was easily stoppered...

POTTERY WINE JUG WITH A LONG SPOUT AND A STRAINER
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 – 900 BC

Time of the Kings of ancient Israel

Beautifully made in a globular body with long spout and a strainer

Very little is known about vessels used for drinking beer, those we know of are generally characterised by a spout and a strainer. Since the remains of straw and chaff usually floated along the surface of the beer, it was necessary to strain the liquid before drinking it...

BURNISHED POTTERY JUGLET
Cypriot; Late Bronze Age, 1550 – 1200 BC

Dark gray metallic burnish, globular body, long cylindrical neck, funnel rim, handle from neck to shoulder, base ring. Two parallel ridges round the neck at the level of the upper part of the handle

Of all the Cypriote ceramic imports found in Israel, the Base-Ring “Bilbil” jugs and juglets of the usual size are the most common (Cf...

RED SLIP POTTERY VESSEL

CANAANITE, Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2700 BC

Beautiful Abydos ware burnished vessel, funnel-shaped neck with two ledge handles on the shoulderS and a last base

Dimensions:
Height: 17.5 cm
Diameter: 10 cm

Found in Jericho, Israel

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Abydos ware (a-BY-dos ware)
Pottery of Canaanite (Syro-Palestinian) origin found in the royal tombs of the First and ...

Ancient genuine Roman carnelian beads set on modern silver wire ring
Roman, 1st century AD.

Complete any outfit with this unique fashionable and trendy ring made of ancient genuine Roman carnelian stone beads dating to 1st Century AD set on modern sterling silver wire ring.

All jewelry designs are exclusive, created of craft way. There is only of each model.

Ring size: 54

Carnelian was thought to cause the blood to circulate smoothly throughout the body...

HOLLOW TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES
“GOD OF SILENCE”
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN 100 BC – 100 AD

This is a wonderful opportunity to own an authentic piece of ancient art that represents a fusion of three of the greatest cultures in history

Hollow terracotta figure of harpocrates with remains of white paint on the surface “God of Secrecy and silence” Harpocrates is shown seated, crossed legs holding a jar with his right forefinger to his lips

This gesture was mis...

Decorated pottery oil lamp
Holy Land, Roman period, Darom type, 70 - 150 AD

Nicely decorated with a rosette flower design all around the filling hole

Measurments: Length: 9 cm - Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

Darom oil lamps in one of the most interesting groups of lamps in the exhibit is the type called "Darom", refering to its manufacture area...

Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this EXTREMELY RARE- ancient LARGE biblical black pottery oil lamp with four nozzles. A large filling-hole, whose rim is formed as a ledge with a ridge. The handle is a wide strip with two lengthwise grooves forming three raised mouldings, the nozzles are elongated with an almost straight end and finely scraped sides. Impressed circles and rows of other impressions ornament the nozzles...

ROMAN BRONZE COIN PENDANT
ANTONIUS FELIX, 52 – 54 AD

Obverse: Two crossed palm branches
Reverse: Inscription within wreath

Nicely set in sterling silver pendant

Height: 3.5 cm

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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Antonius Felix served under the Roman Emperor Claudius for the first two years of his perfectship, and then under Nero for his remaining term.

The reign of Felix was op...

BLACK STONE MACE-HEAD
Egypt, Predynastic Period
Naqada II or III, c. 3600 - 3100 B.C.

There is a bow drilled hole that runs through the center, and there is wear on the outer edges at each end of the hole. This may be due to the fact that a leather thong was attached through the central perforation, and could have produced wear to the outer edges of the hole at each end

Dimensions:
Height: 5 cm
Width: 5 cm
Height on stand: 12 cm

Nicely mounted on a ple...

Ancient Near Eastern "MESOPOTAMIAN" stone amulet of a fish with nice incised details, dating to around 2000 BC

Measurements: Length: 3.5 cm - Height: 1 cm

condition: Intact as found

For thousands of years, since before recorded history, man has worn amulets and talismans for luck and protection. The stones, feathers, teeth and claws that adorned early cultures eventually gave way to an array of amulets whose powers were as varied as their forms. This superb little token represents a ...

This is an extremely rare Roman dark blue heavy rough glass block with superb silver "Rainbow" iridescence patina, said to have been found in a Roman glass work place northern Israel! The pictures tells 101 tales

Glass is formed when sand (silica), soda (alkali), and lime are fused at high temperatures. The color of the glass can be altered by adjusting the atmosphere in the furnace and by adding specific metal oxides to the glass "batch" (such as cobalt for dark blue, tin for opaque white,...

TERRACOTTA WINE PITCHER WITH A TREFOIL MOUTH AND A POINTED BASE
BIBLICAL, IRON AEG, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 27 cm
Width: 15 cm
Height on stand: 29 cm

Condition: Rim repaired and restored otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#928879

TERRACOTTA HEAD OF AN ASTARTE
Fertility Goddess
Iron Age II, Israelite: 1000-586 BC.
Time of the kings of ancient Israel"

Terracotta figurines of Astarte (Ashtoret), were prominent in daily Israelite religious practice, and were worshiped probably by women. They have been excavated in Judean sites, particularly in Jerusalem, from where the finest examples come, dating mostly to the eighth and seventh centuries BCE.

Measurements: Height: 6.5 cm - Width: 4.5 cm - Height ...

Majestic ancient Roman imperial marble figure of an eagle, 1st Century AD

Standing on an integral trapezoidal base with its wings closed and crossing over the tail, with a short rounded beak and bulging eyes, thick feathers densely covering the legs, breast, neck and wings

Measurements: Height: 22 cm - Width: 10.5 cm

Condition: Head professionally restored heard to see as shown in the pictures.

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POTTERY WINE PITCHER
BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 4th - 5th CENT. AD

Cylindrical-shaped neck and body with remains of white paint

Measurements:

Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 15 cm
Height on stand: 22 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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BURNISHED POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Nicely made in a globular body with a looped handle and a shaped neck

Dimensions:
Height: 11 cm
Width: 13 cm Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jericho, Holy Land

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Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenanc...

ROMAN GLASS PERFUME FLASK
Roman period, 100 - 300 AD

With ribbed body and a shaped neck, "Used to carry perfumed oils and ointments"

Dimensions:
Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 3.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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#62567