Neolithic Spearhead - DE.046 Origin: Egypt Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 1.5" (3.8cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium:  More »

Neolithic Spearhead - DE.046 Origin: Egypt Circa: 6000 BC to 4000 BC Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 1.5" (3.8cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Neolithic Medium: Flint Condition: Very Fine   « Less

Papyrus Manuscript - CK.0653 Origin: Egypt Circa: 100 BC to 400 AD Collection: Egpytian Medium: Papyrus

Papyrus Manuscript - CK.0653 Origin: Egypt Circa: 100 BC to 400 AD Collection: Egpytian Medium: Papyrus   « Less

The functional simplicity of this vessel lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even after the passage of  More »

The functional simplicity of this vessel lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even after the passage of millennia, the design of such a pot could hardly be improved upon. What did it once contain, we wonder, and who poured from its spout and drank? Did those ancient people stop, as we do, to admire the grace of the vessel as they held it in their hands? We feel in its presence a direct bond with those long-forgotten individuals. - (PF.3314)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC Dimensions: 5.24" (13.3cm) high x 2.8" (7.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Late Dynastic Period Medium: Bronze This  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC Dimensions: 5.24" (13.3cm) high x 2.8" (7.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Late Dynastic Period Medium: Bronze This thick-snouted fish with a long dorsal fin, pairs of ventral fins front and back, and a bipartite tail is a member of the Mormyrus genus, more commonly termed the Oxyrhynchus fish in Egyptological literature. The more common name of this fish is that of the village of Oxyrhynchus situated in the Egyptian Faiyum, the agriculturally-rich region to the southwest of modern Cairo. Hollow cast in bronze, this example is noteworthy for its extant inlaid eyes. It rests on a sledge, an ancient device on which cult statues were dragged in procession by priest. The fish wears as an attribute the horns of a cow fronted by a sun disc, behind which is a suspension loop which is frequently found on bronze statuettes, even those of somewhat large scale. Whether such statuettes were worn as attributes or whether the suspension loop served a different purpose is moot. The ancient Egyptian traditions which grew up around the Oxyrhynchus fish are varied and complex. The best known, preserved by Plutarch, a Greek priest of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi writing in the second century A.D., in chapter 72 of his monumental opus De Iside recounts how the citizens of Oxyrhynchus engaged in a bloody confrontation with the citizens of neighboring Kynopolis because the citizens of Kynopolis ate the Oxyrhynchus fish. That account in Plutarch differs from the two ancient Egyptian accounts of this fish, both of which are associated with the god Osiris. As one recalls, Osiris and his brother, Seth, became embroiled in a conflict for power with the result that Seth triumphed over Osiris. In so doing, he dismembered the body of Osiris and scattered it far and wide. Isis, the dutiful wife and, incidentally, sister of Osiris, gathered up the pieces and reassembled them, but not before the Oxyrhynchus fish ate his phallus. The phallus was necessary for the posthumous conception of Osiris’s son and heir, Horus. In another version of the myth, the Oxyrhynchus fish emerged from the wounds of Osiris himself. Whatever the truth in these matters might be, the Oxyrhynchus fish was inextricably associated with the god Osiris and revered by the ancient Egyptians. That reverence explains why this fish wears as attributes the sun disc and cow horns, associating it with Isis in her role as the reviver of her husband Osiris.   « Less

The functional simplicity of this terracotta lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even after the passage  More »

The functional simplicity of this terracotta lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even after the passage of millennia, the design of such a cup could hardly be improved upon. What did it once contain, we wonder, and who drank from it? Did those ancient people stop, as we do, to admire the grace of the cup as they held it in their hands? We feel in its presence a direct bond with those long-forgotten individuals. - (PF.3316)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 2323 BC to 2152 BC Dimensions: 18.125" (46.0cm) high x 12" (30.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: 6th Dynasty Medium: Limestone The image  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 2323 BC to 2152 BC Dimensions: 18.125" (46.0cm) high x 12" (30.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: 6th Dynasty Medium: Limestone The image depicts an elite member of Egyptian society who was the owner of the tomb from which this forceful vignette came. The owner is represented seated on a luxurious chair, designed with a curvilinear bolster-like back, and feline feet themselves resting upon inverted conical casters decorated with a series of concentric rings. In keeping with ancient Egyptian conventions, the tomb owner is bare- chested and, presumably, bare footed. He wears a simple, undecorated linen kilt, wrapped around his waist and secured into place with a belt. His accessories are limited to a broad collar, its multiple strands symbolically representing floral forms from which such attributes were originally crafted. He wears a short, bobbed wig arranged with parallel rows of short, tightly styled curls. The tomb owner is shown facing to the left and is holding one attribute in each hand. In general, only depictions of standing tomb owners represent them holding an object in each hand; seated depictions are generally shown holding only one attribute, and that attribute is usually a staff traditionally held in the hand of the elevated far arm, as it is indeed held in our relief. Our tomb owner appears to be holding a second attribute in his lowered hand as well. This attribute may perhaps to be identified as a shorter baton. The staff and baton are standard attributes for elite male members of Egyptian society during the Old Kingdom. Although rare, there are parallels for seated tomb owners holding a baton in one hand and a staff in the other from this period.   « Less

Egyptian Wooden Inscribed Fragment - LO.1197 Origin: Egypt Circa: 500 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 5" (12.7cm) high x 1" (2.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian  More »

Egyptian Wooden Inscribed Fragment - LO.1197 Origin: Egypt Circa: 500 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 5" (12.7cm) high x 1" (2.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Medium: Wood   « Less

The functional simplicity of this vessel with two handles lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even  More »

The functional simplicity of this vessel with two handles lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even after the passage of millennia, the design of such a vessel could hardly be improved upon. What did it once contain, we wonder, and who poured from its spout and drank? Did those ancient people stop, as we do, to admire the grace of the vessel as they held it in their hands? We feel in its presence a direct bond with those long-forgotten individuals. - (PF.3325)   « 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

The functional simplicity of this vessel with two handles lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even  More »

The functional simplicity of this vessel with two handles lends it a timeless elegance that appeals to contemporary tastes as much as it surely did to ancient ones. Even after the passage of millennia, the design of such a vessel could hardly be improved upon. What did it once contain, we wonder, and who poured from its spout and drank? Did those ancient people stop, as we do, to admire the grace of the vessel as they held it in their hands? We feel in its presence a direct bond with those long-forgotten individuals. - (PF.3326)   « Less