Falconry (Hawking) in Hittie lands

Anatolian archaeologists trying to identify an ancient representation are fortunate in being able to consult ancient Hittite documents from the second millennium B.C. that describe cult images. The most famous of these texts tells of a widely honored god called the "Protector God of the Countryside," in Hittite. He is represented as a figure with a bird on his fist, which often represents a falconer.