id:			148133
accession number:	1975.13
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.13
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Stag Poletop, 1400–1200 BC. Eastern Anatolia, Hittite, 15th-13th century BC. Bronze, solid cast; overall: 13.8 x 7.9 x 9.2 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.13

title:				Stag Poletop
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creation date:			1400–1200 BC
creation date earliest:		-1400
creation date latest:		-1200
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Eastern Anatolia, Hittite, 15th-13th century BC
technique:	bronze, solid cast
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 13.8 x 7.9 x 9.2 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
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wall description:
The stag was sacred to the Hittite god of the countryside.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20

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