Atelier Ofea
Atelier Ofea turns toward the distant past, a world where time moved slowly and creations were infused with deeply human values - beauty, art, meaning and the transcendence of time.
The designs are especially inspired by one ancient region - Mesopotamia. Beneath the sands of time, Mesopotamia blossomed a the cradle of civilisation some 4,500 years ago and, with the invention of writing, marked humanity’s passage from pre-history into history.
Between the twin rivers Euphrates and Tigris, in what is now modern-day Iraq, rose the great cities of Uruk and Babylon - places perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, alive with ritual, devotion, and the presence of gods believed to walk among mortals.
Weavers and scribes, farmers and kings, diviners and priestesses - beneath the constellations we still recognize today, lived out lives guided by hopes, rituals, and stories not too distant from our own. In this Bronze Age world, possessions were rare, craftsmanship was a sacred virtue, and objects were created not for seasons, but for centuries.
Atelier Ofea is a homage to this world of firsts - a time when jewelry was not fashion but fascination. Each piece is conceived as an artefact, a small relic of wonder, and a remembrance of a world that still whispers to us.
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Gold Earrings
Gold and Lapis Lazuli
(late 3rd/ early 2nd millennium BC, Assur)
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Pendants of Gods
Each represent a god, such as the sun god Shamash depicted by rays in the central amulet (c. 1800 BC, Babylon)
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Gold Hair Rings
Early Dynastic Period
(c. mid 3rd millennium BC)
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Gold Earring
Earring with cuneiform inscription from Ur ||| period (late 2nd millenium BC)
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Gold Earrings
Akkadian Earrings (c. 2300 BC, Assur)
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Gold Sheet Earrings
Thinly worked gold sheets found in the Royal Cemetary of Ur (3rd millennium BC)
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Garden relief
Relief from Assyrian king Ashurbanipal's North Palace in Nineveh (c. 645 BC)
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Gold Tiaras
Gold Sheet funerary jewelry from the Old Assyrian period
(c. 2000 BC, Assur)
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Lamassu
celestial creature
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Relief of a king
Representation of Shamash (c.888 – 855 BC)
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Eye Idol
Middle Uruk Period (c. 3800 to 3600 BC)
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Clay Tablet Fragment
The epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest written tale in history (c. 1500 BC) but referenced already centuries beforehand