ca. 25th century BCE; the earliest relief might be from the Late Uruk Period (ca. 3000 BCE)
Location:
Gunduk (Iraq)
Work Type:
sculpture
Culture:
Sumerian
Style / Period:
Late Uruk (attributed), Late Early Dynastic
Subject:
Hunting a mountain goat, Banqueting scene, Sumerian goddess, Inanna, is with a variety of animals.
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments project
Digitized Media Source
Photographer:
Serdar Yalcin
Notes:
There are three reliefs carved on the western wall of the cave, two of which were seriously damaged after an explosion in 1994.