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Silver rhyton in the form of a bull, Hittite, 14th-13th century BC

Drinking vessel in the shape of a fist. Anatolian, Hittite, New Kingdom, reign of Tudhaliya III 1450–1300 BCE.

The Marduk Prophecy: Travels of the Statue of a Babylonian God

The Marduk Prophecy is historical fiction created to celebrate the victory over the Elamites of Nebuchadnezzar I. It is not so much relevant as history as it is in understanding the great value the people of a city placed on their patron deity. Marduk was not just some invisible, ethereal being one prayed to in time of need or praised in time of plenty, but a close friend and neighbor who lived just down the road. In the same way one would be distressed today to find one had lost a close friend, so was it to the ancient Babylonians when the statue of their god was taken from them.

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A Hittite cuneiform tablet declaring the first surviving recorded peace treaty in history between Ramesses II and Ḫattušili III respectivly rulers of the New Kingdom of Egypt and the empire of the Hittites. The tablet is written in the Hittite language and their cuneiform.

This is one of three known relics of the treaty. Also known as The Treaty of Kadesh.

Circa 1259 BC

Lelwani Deity if the Underworld

vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag | c. 14th-13th century BCE | hittite