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Smiting god figure

ca. 1500 BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Smiting god figure
  • Period: Late Bronze Age
  • Date: ca. 1500 BCE
  • Geography: Syria or Levant or Anatolia
  • Culture: Canaanite
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 7/8 in. (19.1 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.18.1
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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