Hittite Stamp Seal with Demonic Animals

Culture: Hittite

Period: Mid 2nd millennium B.C.

Material: Diorite

Dimensions: 2.5 cm in diameter

Price: Sold

Ref: 6485

Provenance: From the German collection Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012).

Condition: Intact

Description: Large stamp seal of the “knob style” with a central perforation, where once a bronze handle was inserted. Around the perforation demonic animals are engraved. Below a lizard-like being, possibly a crocodile, with open mouth and long tail. In front a fish with a large tail. Below it a reptilian-like animal, which threatens to swallow a smaller animal.