3704122 Seated goddess with a child, c.1300 BC (gold) by Hittite, (13th century BC); 4.3 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: This tiny pendant from Central Anatolia was probably intended to be worn round the neck as an amulet. The figure shown here, cast in gold using the lost-wax process, is of a seated goddess, her disk-like headdress probably represents the sun, which would lead to the conclusion that this may be the sun goddess, Arinna, a major Hittite divinity. On her lap the she holds a naked child, cast separately of solid gold. The chair has lion paws. ); Turkish, out of copyright.