id: 148133 accession number: 1975.13 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.13 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 13.8 x 7.9 x 9.2 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The stag was sacred to the Hittite god of the countryside. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 5 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.13/1975.13_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.13/1975.13_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.13/1975.13_full.tif