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Early Hittite Vase
The İnandık vase, a Hittite four-handled large terracota vase with scenes in relief showing the stages of a sacred wedding ceremony in Hittite social life with musicians and dancers. The vase dates from the Old Hittite Kingdom...
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Ugarit
Ugarit was an important sea port city in the Northern Levant. Though never a world power, Ugarit was a key economic center in the Ancient Near East, serving as a major trade center between Egypt and the major powers of Bronze Age Asia...
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Hittite relief of the God Sharruma and King Tudhaliya
East wall of Chamber B of the Yazilikaya Hittite Rock Sanctuary near Hattusa (13th century BCE) depicting in a niche the God Sharruma (the Hurrian Mountain God and son of the Thunder God Teshub) embracing...
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Hittite Rock Relief at Yazilikaya
Rock relief in Chamber A of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary (13th century BCE) depicting two bull-headed men standing between male gods on the hieroglyphic symbol of the earth, and supporting the sky.
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Twelve Gods of the Underworld, Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary
West wall of Chamber B of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary near Hattusa (13th century BCE) depicting the Twelve Gods of the Underworld. They wear short shirts, belts and shoes curling up at the...
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Rock Relief with Procession of Hittite Deities at Yazilikaya
Rock relief in Chamber A of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary (13th century BCE) near Hattusa depicting a procession of male deities. They all wear shoes curling up at the toe, and many are armed...
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Figure of the Hittite God Teshub
The storm-god Teshub wears a tall headdress and stands on the back of a bull. From modern-day Turkey. Bronze figurine. Hittite period, 1600-1200 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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Hittite Orthostat with King and Queen
Hittite orthostat relief from Alacahöyük depicting a king and a queen in front of the altar. The King carries the kingdom sceptre (lituus) in his right hand and extends his left hand forward for worship. 14th...
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Hittite relief of a Winged Lion-Headed Demon at Yazilikaya
Entrance to Chamber B of the Yazilikaya Hittite Rock Sanctuary near Hattusa (13th century BCE) with a relief of a winged, lion-headed demon.
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Hittite Orthostat with Acrobats
Hittite orthostate relief depicting a conjurer and acrobats. The performer on the left swallows a sword, the smaller acrobat goes up the stairs without holding on. 14th century BCE. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations...
