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title: Early Hittite Vase
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8172/early-hittite-vase/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Early Hittite Vase

_Authored by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/)_

## Image File

[![Early Hittite Vase](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8172.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8172.jpg)

## Image Caption

The İnandık vase, a [Hittite](https://www.worldhistory.org/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 about 1600 BCE and was discovered in 1966 CE in İnandıktepe, an archaeological site located in Cankiri Province, [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/), about 50 miles northeast of Ankara. (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)

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## About the Author

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2018, February 23). Early Hittite Vase. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8172/early-hittite-vase/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Early Hittite Vase." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 23, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8172/early-hittite-vase/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Early Hittite Vase." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Feb 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8172/early-hittite-vase/>.

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