Priest-King or Deity
c. 1600 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Priest-King or Deity, c. 1600 BC. Hittite, North Syria, early 17th Century BC. Basalt with bone eyes (left, ancient; right, restored); overall: 87.6 cm (34 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1971.45 The left eye of the sculpture is the original bone inlay while the right eye is a modern restoration done after the piece was damaged.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- basalt with bone eyes (left, ancient; right, restored)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 87.6 cm (34 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1971.45
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1971
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 102A Ancient Near East
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