
Priest King or Deity (Ca.1600 BCE)
Carved around 1600 BCE, this basalt priest king from North Syria stands tall with a horned crown and bone-inlaid eyes, holding a bowl.

The Hittite Empire (c. 1650–1200 BCE) was a powerful Bronze Age civilization centered in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), with its capital at Hattusa. Renowned for its advanced use of chariots and early ironworking.

Carved around 1600 BCE, this basalt priest king from North Syria stands tall with a horned crown and bone-inlaid eyes, holding a bowl.