Ancient Hittite Stone Cylinder Seal

Very Rare Hittite Stone Cylinder Seal

Item: Cylinder Seal

Content: Cylinder seal with cultic scene

Dimensions: 36 x 20 mm

Date: Circa: 16^th – 15^th century BC

Geography: Turkey, Tell Atschana / Alalakh, northern Levant

Culture: Hittite

Technique: Intaglio

Material: Stone

Design: This cylinder seal depicts a scene of kilted figure with a crown as a worshiper or tribute-payer holding sacrifice vessel, and figures of bull, winged horse and goat’s heads. The bull may symbolize a Hittite weather god Teshub and the winged horse may stand for the god Pirwa.