Aweidah Gallery - Ancient Art
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1355650 (stock #1111)
BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA SET “ AN OIL LAMP AND OIL FILLER”
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC

First temple period

"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Oil lamp: Length: 12 cm
Width: 12 cm
Condition: Intact

Oil filler:
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Handle repaired

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Nicely mounted on a custom "acrylic" plexi-glass display stand

Antiquities are v...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375953 (stock #576)
ANCIENT POTTERY WINE MEASURING JUGLET
Greek/ Hellenistic period, 330 - 100 BC
Time of Alexander the Great

Pear-shaped body with a single handle and a small high base

Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 16.5 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblic...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1030736 (stock #1308)
BURNISHED POTTERY JAR
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Red slip, globular body with a two loop handles and a rim folded outwards

Dimensions:
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 9.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored

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 biblical land...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Byzantine : Pre AD 1000 item #1206775
Byzantine highly decorated black pottery hand-granade, C...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1352639 (stock #643)
PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
Double-shaped handle, flat base with some ancient paint pigments around the body!

Dimensions:

Height: 13 cm

Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Some professional repair at the Neck/handle hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their h...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1479485 (stock #03891)
BRONZE SPEAR-HEAD
CANAANITE, Late Bronze Age, 1550 B.C.
Time of Moses
Found in the Holy Land

Condition: Perfect condition with natural patina.

Measurements:
Length: 15 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm

Nicely mounted on a custom plexi-glass “Lucite” display stand.

Condition: Good condition with natural patina

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their SPEARS into pruning hooks...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Byzantine : Pre AD 1000 item #1240365
Holy Land - Byzantine Period; 5th Century AD

Inscribed terra-cotta oil lamp, “The light of Christ shines for all” reads the inscription on this Byzantine oil lamp found throughout Palestine, but especially in Jerusalem...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Pre AD 1000 item #862676
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...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1317367
BRONZE BUST OF DIONYSUS (ROMAN - BACCHUS)
ROMAN PERIOD, 2ND CENTURY A.D.

This charming hollow cast bronze bust depicts Bacchus (The god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine) Bacchus (known to the Greeks as Dionysus) was the god of the vine, of wine and mystic ecstasy.

Wrapped with a mantle tied over her left shoulder. A wreath composed of vine leaves with clusters of grapes crowns her head...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1376818 (stock #1822)
Ancient Egyptian alabaster vase
Dated from, 1096 - 747 BC

LARGE Ancient Egyptian elegant cosmetic vessel, in slender form with a collared rim, tapering to a narrow base...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1375514 (stock #1121)
FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF AN ANIMAL
PHILISTINE, IRON AGE, 1200 BC

Probably a part of a Kernos! Measurements:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm

Condition: Horns missing in antiquity, untouched as found

Found near Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

Beautifully mounted on a plexi-glass display stand of high quality

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PHILISTINES:
THEY ARE AL...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1112364
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1244207 (stock #2973)
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...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1317348 (stock #301)
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...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1355672 (stock #5)
BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC

First temple period

"Time of King David"

Thick pottery with a ring base and a trip-foil mouth

Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Width: 16 cm
Height on stand: 20.5 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored with nice earthy encrustation

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1356095
PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
Double-shaped handle, flat base with some ancient paint pigments around the body!

Dimensions:
Height: 12 cm

Diameter: 8.5 cm
Height on stand: 15.6 cm

Condition: Handle/Neck professionally repaired hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Hebron "City of Abraham" south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of thei...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1355825 (stock #3867)
BRONZE DAGGER WITH A DECORATED HANDLE
BRONZE AGE, PERSIA, 1200 – 800 BC

Beautifully made with remains of limestone inlay on the handle, untouched as found...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375591 (stock #362)
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

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

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm

Condition: Some professional restoration

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1166601
An exquisite Roman marble head of Satyr, dated from 1st-2nd Centuries AD

Facial features reveal attractive young chubby male face with snub nose; lips slightly parted and mouth agape revealing teeth. Prominent cheekbones lidded almond-shaped eyes under shaggy eyebrows and gnarled furrowed forehead...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1317351 (stock #4363)
POTTERY WINE FLASK WITH AN ATTACHED CUP
Biblical, Iron Age, 1000 – 900 BC
First temple period
“Time of Kings of ancient Israel”

RARE- Ancient pottery wine flask with an attached shallow bowl, two small loop handles extended from neck to shoulders...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1355651 (stock #1378)
BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC

First temple period

"Time of King David"

Nicely made in a globular body with a shaped-neck

Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Minor professional repair at the rim otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and esp...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1363319 (stock #1296)
PAINTED POTTERY JAR
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Globular body, net design painting all around the body, two loop handles and a funnel-shaped neck

Dimensions:
Height: 12.5 cm
Diameter: 10.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the body otherwise intact

Nicely mounted on an acrylic "Plexi-glass display stand

Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1166406
Rare style ancient Roman painted clay and highly decorated clay oil lamp known as "BEIT NATIF". The oil lamp is nicely decorated with geometric deign all around the shoulders with soot marks...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1355659 (stock #4508)
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, Roman "Herodian" 37 BC - 100 AD
Second temple period
Time of Christ

Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and handle.

Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Height on stand: 17.5 cm

Condition: Neck/handle professional repaired as shown

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Coins : Pre AD 1000 item #1356158
BRONZE COIN PRUTAH OF JERUSALEM PENDANT
ANCIENT JUDAEA. Roman Procurators. Porcius Festus, 59-62 AD.
This beautiful Prutah of Jerusalem bearing a Palm branch is nicely set in handmade wire sterling silver pendant adorned with Roman stone beads on the sides and genuine leather choker terminated with silver clasp so it can safely worn today.

Dimensions: Length: 43 cm
Found in Jerusalem, Israel

Porcius Festus issued this bronze prutah in A.D 59; he was the procu...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1317369 (stock #3866)
BRONZE SPEAR-HEAD
CANAANITE, Late Bronze Age, 1550 B.C.
Time of Moses
Found in the Holy Land

Condition: Perfect condition with natural patina.

Measurements:
Length: 35 cm

Nicely mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite” display stand of high quality.

Condition: Good condition with gorgeous natural patina

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their SPEARS into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation not will they train...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #928124 (stock #1026)
Pottery oil lamp
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8th Cent. AD

Highly decorated with clusters of grapes all around the shoulders

Measurements:
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

ALL ITEMS THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY #310268

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1240384 (stock #2481)
RARE- CLAY OIL LAMP DEPICTING A FACE
LATE ROMAN, 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Beit Natif oil lamps:

These lamps are named after the site of Beit Natif in the southern part of the Judaea, where a workshop was found during excavations of two cisterns. They were imitated throughout the province. The lamps are usually small and some have red slip. These lamps have a bow-shaped nozzle, which has a narrow ridge around its edge. The nozzle is pinched on its sides, giving the effect of vo...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375589 (stock #406)
PIANTED POTTERY JUGLET
Dated from, 330 - 100 BC
Time of Alexander the Great

Dimensions:
Height: 9.5 cm
Diameter: 7.5 cm
Height on stand: 12 cm
Condition: Intact with nice earthy patina

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #515963 (stock #1158)
POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman, Beit Natif stype, 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
width: 5 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

ALL ITEMS THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY #711587

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1363321 (stock #408)
PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 cm
Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Very good condition with nice earthy patina as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375959 (stock #371)
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD; 1ST - “ 3RD CENTURY AD

Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the rim otherwise intact

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period. To own a "biblical" artifact is to possess a genuine, one-of-a-kind, object th...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #613083 (stock #1959)
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#719597

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1129196 (stock #1638)
DECORATED POTTERY "FROG TYPE" OIL LAMP
EGYPT, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 100 BC

This is a regional frog style lamp exclusively produced in Egypt and found in the regions around it, between ca. 300 BC - 100 AD.

Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Israel

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1122539 (stock #1015)
RED SLIP POTTERY OIL LAMP
CRUSADER PERIOD, 11TH CENT. AD

This type is referred to as “saucer lamps” or “beehive lamps”. The lamp is made from a wheel made bowl slightly pinched where the wick was placed with a small shallow bowl in the middle.

Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Hight: 4 cm

Condition: Intact as found, not repaired and not restored with remains of ancient paint pigments.

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Coins : Pre AD 1000 item #1356096
ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE COIN NECKLACE
ROMAN, EMPEROR LICINIUS, 308 - 324 A.D.

Nicely set in sterling silver necklace

Dimensions:
Length: 47 cm
Diameter: 2.5 cm

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

Obverse
Laureate head right
Lettering: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG or IMP LIC • LICINIVS P F AVG
Translation: Emperor Licinivs • Licinivs Pius Felix Augusto Emperor<

Reverse
Jupiter standing left, holding victory and sceptre, ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Coins : Pre AD 1000 item #1037258
From Jerusalem, you are considering a very attractive ancient Roman coins bracelet of Emperor Constantine, dated from, 307 - 337 AD

With their exquisite details and rich multi-hued patina, the five ancient Roman bronze coins of Emperor Constantine, radiate, draped &cuirassed bust right have been nicely joined and set together in a lovely handmade sterling silver bracelet

Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Constantine the Great, was the son of Helena and the First Tetrarchic ruler Constantius...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375599 (stock #631)
POTTERY FLASK
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

Nicely made in a pear-shaped body with a long cylindrical neck and a flat base

Dimensions:
Height: 15.5 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm

Condition: Intact with nice earthy patina

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1317364
LIMESTONE HEAD OF A YOUTH
Roman, PALMYRA, 1st Century AD

A charming limestone head of a youth. Depicted with a serene expression on his face, oval face with a rounded chin, his hair in thick luscious corkscrew curls brushed forward in short pointed locks. Arching brow above wide heavy-lidded almond shaped eyes with defined upper and lower lids, incised irises and sharp pupils, his fleshly lips above a strong chin.

Measurements:
Height: 12 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1178150
Ancient Greek highly painted pottery LEKYTHOS, depicting three dancing figures , dating to approximately 500 BC

Lekythoi (plural of lekythos) were used to hold oil or perfume, especially during religious ceremonies also at baths and gymnasiums and for funerary offerings Graceful body tapered to the base, and a narrow neck with a loop-shaped handle.

There are several variations in shapes; the cylindrical type, like this one, was first seen in the last third of the sixth-century and wou...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Coins : Pre AD 1000 item #1356161
BRONZE COIN SESTERTIUS NECKLACE
ROMAN EMPEROR PHILIP (MARCOS JULIUS PHILIPPIS AUGUSTUS)
Struck, 244 - 249 AD

Impressive bronze sestertius coin, beautifully set in handmade sterling silver wire pendant and guanine leather choker with silver clasp.

The obverse with a powerful portrait of Philip, shown draped, facing right and wearing laurel wreath. The legend reading:
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
"Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus"

The reverse with dra...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #804341
Aweidah Gallery is pleased to present to you this choice and rare Roman terracotta discus type oil lamp depicting an Erotic scene with sharp detials.

Dated from, 100 AD

This lamp would make a real major and great addition to the finest ancient oil lamps collection, A REAL BEAUTY" and the pictures tells 101 tales ...

In central medallion on elevated bed a male suitor stands upright on his knees as he engages his female friend who rests on all fours, her hands on a large pillow. All arou...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1140790
You are considering an ancient Roman steatite dice dating to 1st Century AD

Measurements: 1.4 cm

Playing Dice was very popular game among the Romans. The Romans called these tesserae

This game was played in taverns as well as gambling houses, brothels and on the street. The emperor Commodus was fond of gambling with dice, and once turned the Imperial Palace into a brothel and gambling house to raise money for the treasury he bankrupted. In this he may have followed a precedent set b...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375595 (stock #45)
BURNISHED POTTERY BILBIL
Cypriot; Holy Land – Late Bronze Age, 1550 – 1200 BC

Burnished pottery spindle-shaped body, long cylindrical ridged neck, flat out-turned broad rim, flat handle from neck to shoulder, splaying base. Dark brown to blacl smooth burnished suface.

During the Late Bronze Age little jugs, known, as "Bil-bils" were importaed into Canaan. They have been discovered at various sites in Israel. Lachish, Jerusalem, and Gezer, mostly in funerary contexts.

...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1317329 (stock #1325)
ALABASTER FIGURE OF A FEMALE
Roman period, 3rd Century A.D.

A striking Roman Sculpture of a female, her oval face with a rounded chin and slightly-parted full lips, her forehead peaked at the center, the luscious wavy hair brushed backwards and center parted, the individual strands delineated, pulled behind her ears, bound in a fillet and tied in a chignon at the nape of her neck

Measurements:
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm

Nicely...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1166615
Ancient Roman marble head of a woman, depicted in her youth, her oval face with a rounded chin and slightly-parted full lips, the almond shaped eyes beneath a softly curving brows arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of her nose, her hair pulled behind her ears in a majestic way

Roman, 1st Century AD

Measurements:
Height: 10 cm - Width: 6 cm - Height on stand: 21.5 cm

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

The head is nicely mounted on a plexi-...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1067548
You are considering a very attractive ancient Roman black stone beads nicely recomposed in the shape of a grape bunch earrings

Dated from, 100 AD

Height: 5.5 cm

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1352591 (stock #218)
ROMAN GLASS FLASK
Roman period, 100 - 300 AD

With ribbed body and a shaped neck, "Would have been probably used to carry perfumed oils and ointments"

Dimensions:
Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 4.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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#62187

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #613068 (stock #3057)
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition with some chips and age weathering as shown

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#930579

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375590 (stock #139)
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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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1375523 (stock #4572)
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...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375954 (stock #30)
BURNISHED POTTERY JUGLET
Cypriot; Late Bronze Age, 1550 – 1200 BC
Cypriot ceramic imports found in Israel Ref. Ancient pottery of the Holy Land (Amiran, 1969 PL.554).

Burnished pottery bilbil globular body with a high base, long cylindrical neck slightly off central axis, funnel rim and a antithetic scroll in relief on body

During the Late Bronze Age little jugs, known, as "Bil-bils" were importaed into Canaan. Analysis of substances found inside some of them has shown...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1375498 (stock #535)
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...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1352638 (stock #2003)
PAINTED POTTERY SET "SPOUTED JUGLET AND BOWL
Greek - Hellenistic period, 330 - 100 BC
Dimensions:
Jar:

Height: 10.5 cm

Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Bowl
Hight: 5 cm - Diameter: 12 cm - Height on stand: 8.5 cm

Condition: Repaired and restored

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1201424 (stock #830)
Terracotta Oil Lamp
Holy Land – Late Bronze Age;
Canaanite; 1550 – 1200 BC
“Time of Moses”

Biblical pottery saucer type oil lamp with "Soot" burning marks at the nozzle

Measurements:
Length: 14.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Condition: Good condition with minor chip on the rim as shown

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #521251 (stock #2958)
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Nicely decorated with a wreath around the filling hole with burning marks at the nozzle. Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#929586

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #959102
Ancient Roman Limestone head of a youth with deeply carved eyes, unruly hair and wearing a ceremonial headdress or modius, dating to approximately 200 AD.

This striking Roman Sculpture bears similarities with work produced in what is now Syria and the Levant. It is likely that he was dedicated as a votive figure in a shrine to a God. This is evidenced by the coarsely worked areas to the back of the head, which are not finished to the same degree of detail as the front - the figure was mea...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Byzantine : Pre AD 1000 item #1201779 (stock #2912)
POTTERY OIL LAMP
Byzantine empire, 5th Cent. AD

Typical type, nicely made and decorated

Measurements: Length: 9.5 cm - Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition with age weathering as shown

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pre AD 1000 item #1375527 (stock #533)
TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A YOUTH
EGYPT, GRECO- ROMAN PERIOD, 100 BC/AD

Measurements:
Height: 7 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Condition: Good condition as found, not repaired and not restored

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pre AD 1000 item #1378055
Impressive 18k gold & diamond pendant features a genuine Greek silver drachm of King Alexander the Great.

Dated from, 336 - 323 BC

Obverse:
Alexander in the guise of the demi-god Hercules (wearing a lion scalp)

Reverse:
Figure of the supreme Greek god Zeus seated on his throne holding a scepter and eagle

Dimensions: Length: 3.5 cm

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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