Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 1600 BC to 300 BC Collection: Egyptian-Roman Medium: Faience-Gold Most ancient Egyptian beads were made of faience, a glass-composite glaze  More »

Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 1600 BC to 300 BC Collection: Egyptian-Roman Medium: Faience-Gold Most ancient Egyptian beads were made of faience, a glass-composite glaze which was introduced as early as the Pre-Dynastic period. According to Egyptologists, most beads were made on an axis, probably of thread, which would burn up during firing, leaving a hole. Disc, ring and tubular beads were made by coating the axis with the unfired body-paste, rolling the cylinder to an even diameter on a flat surface, and then scoring it with a knife into sections of the desired length. Other shapes, such as ball beads, were rolled between the hands and perforated while still wet with a stiff point such as a wire needle. The beads were then dried, coating with glaze (if the glaze had not already been mixed with the paste), and fired. The firing process often gave the beads a beautiful translucent quality. The majority of faience beads are blue or green in color, but black, red yellow and white ones were also produced, especially in the New Egyptian Kingdom. - (FJ.1098)   « Less

Origin: Egpyt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Collection: Jewelry Style: Egyptian Scarab Rings Medium: Gold, Amethyst The sacred beetle of ancient Egypt, the scarab is an  More »

Origin: Egpyt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Collection: Jewelry Style: Egyptian Scarab Rings Medium: Gold, Amethyst The sacred beetle of ancient Egypt, the scarab is an emblem of the creator, Khepera. The word kepher denotes Being, Existence, Creation, or Becoming, and the god Kephera is the self-existent maker of all things. The worship of the scarab, which is symbolic of resurrection and fertility, dates from the earliest period of civilization in Egypt. Carved scarabs served two major functions: as amulets with protective and religious powers, and as personal seals, which designated the property and authority of the individual whose name was placed upon them. In both cases, the power ascribed to the scarab was very great—in life they served as the signature of their owner and were thought to bring prosperity, and in the afterlife they ensured rebirth through eternity. - (CK.0579)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Middle Kingdom- 2nd Intermediate Medium: Gold The ancient Egyptians maintained that  More »

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Middle Kingdom- 2nd Intermediate Medium: Gold The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun was propelled across the heavens by means of a scarab, or sacred beetle. With the passing of time, the Egyptians created a series of amulets in the form of this beetle in a great variety of materials, and these were routinely provided with inscriptions in hieroglyphs conveniently accommodated to their stylized flat bottoms. Such scarabs were generally incorporated into finger rings, as here, where they served as bezels. Our scarab is just such a variation. The head with its eyes, the plate, and the clypeus are well articulated. The thorax and elytra, or wing case, are articulated by a double, T-shape incision which surrounds each of these two elements as a framing border. The underside of the scarab contains a design framed by a pattern of interlocking motifs. Within is a single column of four hieroglyphs, namely, a djed-pillar, an “inverted” neb-sign, and two side by side nefer-signs. Such an arrangement is commonly encountered on contemporary scarabs.   « Less

Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 1900 BC to 1300 BC Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Medium: Faience Necklace composed of genuine Egyptian faience beads from the Middle and  More »

Origin: Egypt (Sinai) Circa: 1900 BC to 1300 BC Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Medium: Faience Necklace composed of genuine Egyptian faience beads from the Middle and new Kingdoms.Most Ancient Egyptian beads were made of faience, a glass-composite glaze which was introduced as early as the Pre-Dynastic period.According to Egyptologists, such beads were made on an axis, probably of thread, which would burn up during firing, leaving a hole. Disc, ring and tubular beads were made by coating the axis with the unfired body-paste, rolling the cylinder to an even diameter on a flat surface, and then scoring it with a knife into sections of the desired length. Other shapes, such as ball beads, were rolled between the hands and perforated while still wet with a stiff point such as a wire needle. The beads were then dried, coated with glaze (if the glaze had not already been mixed with the paste), and fired. The firing process often gave the beads a beautiful translucent quality. The majority of faience beads are blue or green in color, but black, red, yellow and white ones were also produced, especially in the New Egyptian Kingdom. - (SB.0943)   « Less

Egyptian Amulet Depicting The Dwarf God Bes - FJ.5738 Origin: Israel (Hebron) Circa: 600 BC to 500 BC Collection: Egyptian Faience Amulet Medium: Gold/ Faience

Egyptian Amulet Depicting The Dwarf God Bes - FJ.5738 Origin: Israel (Hebron) Circa: 600 BC to 500 BC Collection: Egyptian Faience Amulet Medium: Gold/ Faience   « Less

Origin: Israel Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Collection: Egyptian Scarabs Style: Scarab Ring Medium: Steatite+Gold Condition: Extra Fine This genuine Ancient Egyptian  More »

Origin: Israel Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Collection: Egyptian Scarabs Style: Scarab Ring Medium: Steatite+Gold Condition: Extra Fine This genuine Ancient Egyptian scarab amulet has been mounted in a modern 18 Karat gold ring. By far the most important amulet in ancient Egypt was the scarab, symbolically as sacred to the Egyptians as the cross is to Christians. Based upon the dung beetle, this sacred creature forms a ball of dung around its semen and rolls it in a large ball over the sand dropping it into its burrow. The female lays her eggs on the ground and covers them with the excrement ball that is consumed by the larvae that emerge in the following days as if miraculously reborn. In the life cycle of the beetle, the Ancient Egyptians envisioned a microcosm of the daily rebirth of the sun. They imagined the ancient sun god Khepri was a great scarab beetle rolling the sun across the heavens. The scarab also became a symbol of the enduring human soul as well, hence its frequent appearance in funerary art. Scarabs of various materials form an important class of Egyptian antiquities. Though they first appeared in the late Old Kingdom (roughly 2575–2130 B.C.), scarabs remained rare until Middle Kingdom times (circa 1938-1600 B.C.) when they were fashioned in great numbers. While some were used as ornaments, others were purely amuletic in purpose. - (FJ.5103)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1333 BC to 1323 BC Collection: Egyptian Style: 18th Dynasty Medium: Bronze The religious, social, and philosophical upheaval instituted during the  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1333 BC to 1323 BC Collection: Egyptian Style: 18th Dynasty Medium: Bronze The religious, social, and philosophical upheaval instituted during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten was repealed during the reign of the following Pharaoh Tutankhaten. The government abandoned religious center of Tell el-Amarna and Memphis once again became the administrative capital of Ancient Egypt while the royal palace in Thebes was restored. The monotheistic cult of Aten was disbanded and the traditional pantheon of Egyptian gods and goddesses was restored. Likewise, the pharaoh’s name was changed mid-reign from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamen (after the supreme deity Amon Ra). King Tut, as he is popularly referred to today, ruled Egypt from 1361 to 1352 B.C., reigning from the age of only nine until his death at age eighteen. It is likely that the boy-king wielded little actual power, and that the throne was really controlled by the senior officials and military generals who surrounded him. One official in particular, the vizier Ay, would become the next pharaoh following Tut’s early death. Today, Tutankhamen is perhaps the most famous of all Egyptian pharaohs; not for what he achieved in life, but for the treasures that were unearthed in his tomb. In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered the entrance to this tomb which was hidden beneath another tomb a later pharaoh constructed on top of it. The most remarkable aspect of this find was its relatively untouched state of preservation. It appears that the tomb must have been even more difficult for ancient thieves and tomb robbers to find than it was for the archaeologists. Among the hoard of magnificent treasured discovered within was the iconic golden mummy mask of Tutankhamen which remains as emblematic of the glories of Ancient Egypt as the mighty Pyramids themselves.   « Less

Gold signet-ring featuring at thetriangularextremitiestworompingquadrupeds,possibly does, separated by finely drilled lines. In the two broad central lines an Old Arabian  More »

Gold signet-ring featuring at thetriangularextremitiestworompingquadrupeds,possibly does, separated by finely drilled lines. In the two broad central lines an Old Arabian inscription consisting of four characters each line reading ' Arzan, ofthe(clan) Kharif'. The personal name 'Arzan' occurs in Sabaeanandinturn Kharifisattestedbothin Safaitic (in northern Arabia) and in Sabaean and Hadramatic .Theletterormswith lackof serifs would be consistent with a date in the 1st century BCSouth - LO.1200Circa: 1 st Century BCCollection: Near Eastern Art Style: Old South Arabian Medium: gold.   « Less

Goldsignetringfeaturingtworompingquadrupeds,possiblyibexes,leapingoveranobject, a three-stemmed plant and a lizard, at the extremities, separated by finely Inthecentre an Old  More »

Goldsignetringfeaturingtworompingquadrupeds,possiblyibexes,leapingoveranobject, a three-stemmed plant and a lizard, at the extremities, separated by finely Inthecentre an Old Arabian inscription, possibly indicating the name of a person, either Mathil or Mithal, a name which occurs in Safaitic and Sabaean respectively.South Arabian Gold Signet-ring -LO.1201Origin:South Arabia Circa:1st Century BCCollection:Near Eastern Art Style: Old South Arabian Medium: Gold   « Less

Pairof Gold Spider Earrings SF.336Origin:Afghanistan Circa:300BCto100BCDimensions:2.50(6.4cm)high Collection:Near Eastern Art Style:Bactrian Medium:Gold Location:Great Britain

Pairof Gold Spider Earrings SF.336Origin:Afghanistan Circa:300BCto100BCDimensions:2.50(6.4cm)high Collection:Near Eastern Art Style:Bactrian Medium:Gold Location:Great Britain   « Less