Hittite Vessel with Four Scenes Molded and Carved in Relief

1400–1200 BCE Diameter: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.); Overall: 61 cm (24 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.70

The Hittites were a powerful people who vied with the Egyptians for control of the Near East. At times, however, alliances in the form of royal marriages were forged between the two rivals. The scene on the front of this vase shows a seated god or king holding a drinking vase...

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