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Hittite Seal with an Animal

Hittite Seal with an Animal

SealsAnatolian2nd-1st millennium BCE

Hittite Seal with an Animal

1900-700 BCE

Description

Stamp seal with circular seal plate and a tapered handle that terminates in a horizontally drilled, hammer-shaped knob. On the seal surface there is a plant (the "Tree of Life" motif) flanked by a crouching lion and a rabbit. The scene is framed by a single line on the edge of the sealing surface.

Classification

Seals

Medium

Limestone

Culture

Anatolian

Period

Bronze Age, Late

Century

2nd-1st millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

Hans Silvius von Aulock, Istanbul; sold [through Christie's, New York, June 13, 2000, no.522] to Harvard University Art Museums.

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