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ANATOLIAN HITTITE STAMP SEAL browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: item # 940461 Please refer to our stock # #0020 when inquiring.
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| Description: A museum quality Anatolian stamp seal, dating to the Hittite empire (culture in mid-later 2nd. millenium BC Large and massive stamp seal weighing some 23 grams done in hard blackstone. The seal is shaped with a handle as a stud with remnants of line decoration on the top. The seal measure 32 mm. across and is c. 23 mm. high. The iconography of the seal itself is typical Anatolian Hititte with the bull attacked by a mythical beast and it looks like the bull is defending his calf. The scene is possibly refering to the highest Hititte god, the Stormgod (pictured as the bull) and his fight against a dragon. He fought with the Dragon Illuyankas in Kiskilussa and was defeated. He called the gods for aid asking that Inaras prepare a celebration. She does so and when the dragon and his children have gorged themselves on her feast, the mortal Hupasiyas binds him with a rope. Then the Storm-god, accompanied by the gods, sets upon them and destroys them. In another version of that myth, he looses his eyes and heart to Illuyankas after his first battle. He then marries a poor mortal woman and marries their son to Illuyankas daughter. He has the son ask for his eyes and heart. With their return, he attacks the dragon again. When his son sides with Illuyankas, the Storm-god kills them both. The studded stamp seals was made later than the simple style stamp seal with no handle. There's evidence to suggest that the seals with studs were of Cilician or Cappadocian origen. Reff. Hittite seals with Particular reference to the Ashmolean collection by D.G. Hogarth. Note the #141 for a similar shaped seal. Old collection provenance, disclosed to the highbidder. | ||
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