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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eumsele, post: 3710152, member: 106908&quot;]This is my only non-coin ancient artifact, a frit Mitanni cylinder seal depicting two geese below a crescent (moon?).&nbsp; It dates to 1400-1200 BC and has the distinctive scritchy line style of Mitanni art.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]994402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I find the Mitanni empire intriguing, as it is one of the true lost empires of the world.&nbsp; At their height, the Mitanni were equals to the Hittite and Egyptian bronze age empires.&nbsp; They allied themselves with Egypt, marrying into the Pharaonic line, to protect against Hittite power.&nbsp; While the Mitanni leaders were likely invaders from the Indian subcontinent, they ruled over a Hurrian-speaking populace.&nbsp; The Assyrians took advantage of a Mitanni internecine dispute when Egypt was self-absorbed by Akhenaten&#039;s religious reorganization, and the empire fell into obscurity.&nbsp; We know very little about the Mitanni because their cities are largely unexcavated, and, because, with a few exceptions, the sources we have for them derive mostly from their rivals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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