The Wandering Life of the Hittite Seal Dresden ZV 1769 at the End of the 19th Century: New Archival Light

This article presents four unpublished archival documents that clarify the history of the Hittite seal Dresden ZV 1769 from its first appearance in Kayseri in 1887 until its purchase by the Dresden Museum in 1899. They offer an unhoped-for insight into the dynamic of the dealers in small ancient Near Eastern artefacts and their contacts with cultural institutions in Europe, America and Turkey at the end of the 19th century.