Hittite art: 34 works, 1700 BC

Culture34 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	34
Date Range	1700 BC – 600 BC
Primary Department	Ancient Near Eastern Art (34)
Most Common Form	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed (7)
Public Domain	34 works (100%)

Works by Century

17th century BC

16th century BC

15th century BC

14th century BC

10th century BC

9th century BC

Forms & Classifications

Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed

Stone-Stamp Seals

Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed

Metalwork-Ornaments

Stone-Reliefs

Metalwork-Vessels

Metalwork-Sculpture

Ceramics-Vessels

Ceramics-Sculpture

Metalwork-Stamp Seals-Inscribed

Historical Periods

Hittite Empire · 20 Neo-Hittite · 8Hittite Old Kingdom · 3Hittite Middle Kingdom–Hittite Empire · 3

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Spouted vessel	Ceramics-Vessels	ca. 17th–16th century B.C.	Hittite
Stalk-handled stamp seal	Stone-Stamp Seals	ca. 17th century B.C.	Hittite
Stamp seal	Stone-Stamp Seals	ca. 17th–16th century B.C.	Hittite
Bovine head	Ceramics-Sculpture	ca. 16th–14th century B.C.	Hittite
Rectangular stamp seal with gable-head handle	Stone-Stamp Seals	ca. 15th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Appliqué, perhaps for a pommel	Metalwork-Ornaments-Inscribed	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Band	Metalwork-Ornaments	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Cupola seal engraved on back and face	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Cupola seal engraved on back and face	Stone-Stamp Seals	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Cupola seal, engraved on back and face	Stone-Stamp Seals	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Discoid seal engraved on both faces	Stone-Stamp Seals	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Double convex discoid (bulla) seal engraved on two faces	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Double convex discoid (bulla) seal engraved on two faces	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Double convex discoid (bulla) seal engraved on two faces	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Double convex discoid (bulla) seal engraved on two faces	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Double convex discoid (bulla) seal engraved on two faces	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 1400–1200 B.C.	Hittite
Ingot with Hittite hieroglyphs	Metalwork-Implements-Inscribed	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Pin with spherical head	Metalwork-Ornaments	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Pin with spherical head	Metalwork-Ornaments	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Rectangular prism (?) seal engraved on six faces	Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 1400–1300 B.C.	Hittite
Seated female	Metalwork-Sculpture	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Seated goddess with a child	Metalwork-Ornaments	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Stamp seal with a handle and a hieroglyphic inscription	Metalwork-Stamp Seals-Inscribed	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a bull	Metalwork-Vessels	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag	Metalwork-Vessels	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Winged deity	Metalwork-Sculpture	ca. 14th–13th century B.C.	Hittite
Relief fragment	Stone-Reliefs	ca. early 1st millennium B.C.	Hittite
Relief: bearded figure holding staff; hieroglyphic…	Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed	ca. early 1st millennium B.C.	Hittite
Orthostat relief: lion attacking a deer	Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed	ca. 9th century B.C.	Hittite
Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene	Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed	ca. 9th century B.C.	Hittite
Orthostat relief: seated figure holding a lotus flower	Stone-Reliefs	ca. 9th century B.C.	Hittite
Orthostat relief: winged human-headed bull	Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed	ca. 9th century B.C.	Hittite
Relief: man holding up a cup to a woman	Stone-Reliefs	ca. early 1st millennium B.C.	Hittite
Stele fragment	Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed	ca. early 1st millennium B.C.	Hittite

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access