Mar 19, 2025
Silver rhyton in the form of a bull, Hittite, 14th-13th century BC
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Silver rhyton in the form of a bull, Hittite, 14th-13th century BC
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Hittite god (?), Karchemish, Syria, Neo-Hititite, 9th century BCE. Ankara's Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (ID: 3095)
Drinking vessel in the shape of a fist. Anatolian, Hittite, New Kingdom, reign of Tudhaliya III 1450–1300 BCE.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
The Marduk Prophecy: Travels of the Statue of a Babylonian God
The Marduk Prophecy is historical fiction created to celebrate the victory over the Elamites of Nebuchadnezzar I. It is not so much relevant as history as it is in understanding the great value the people of a city placed on their patron deity. Marduk was not just some invisible, ethereal being one prayed to in time of need or praised in time of plenty, but a close friend and neighbor who lived just down the road. In the same way one would be distressed today to find one had lost a close friend, so was it to the ancient Babylonians when the statue of their god was taken from them.
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⇒ The Marduk Prophecy: Travels of the Statue of a Babylonian God
A Hittite cuneiform tablet declaring the first surviving recorded peace treaty in history between Ramesses II and Ḫattušili III respectivly rulers of the New Kingdom of Egypt and the empire of the Hittites. The tablet is written in the Hittite language and their cuneiform.
This is one of three known relics of the treaty. Also known as The Treaty of Kadesh.
Circa 1259 BC
The tabelt is displayed at the Museum of the Ancient Orient in Turkey
vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag | c. 14th-13th century BCE | hittite
in the met museum collection
Illuyanka, the 248th Known One.
Unknown, (Anatolian) Hittite Figurine of a Child 1500-1200 BC The big head, large ears, and short neck of this unusual figurine are Place of Origin: Anatolia rock crystal 2 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 13/16 in. (6.5 x 2.9 x 2 cm)