Standing Male Figure of Spike Type
SculptureSyro-Hittite2nd millennium BCE

Standing Male Figure of Spike Type

14th-13th century BCE

Classification
Sculpture
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Copper alloy
Culture
Syro-Hittite
Period
Hittite Empire period
Century
2nd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

6.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm (2 1/2 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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