Birkleyn Reliefs

View of River Gorge from the West, Facing Southeast

Title Variant
Tigris Tunnel, Lice Reliefs
Date

upper relief: mid-9th century BCE; lower relief: early 11th century BCE

Geographic Coordinates
38.529969, 40.54747
Material/Technique
Work Type
Notes

Assyrian kings Tiglath-pileser I (lower relief) and Shalmaneser III (upper relief), in the early eleventh and mid-ninth centuries BCE respectively, visited this source of the Tigris river repeatedly.

Style/Period
Style/Period 2
Culture
Photographer
Image Source

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Image Date
June 1st, 2015