View of River Entrance to Lower Cave, Facing East
Title Variant
Tigris Tunnel, Lice Reliefs
Date
upper relief: mid-9th century BCE; lower relief: early 11th century BCE
Location
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
Culture
Image Date
June 1st, 2015
Digital Media Source
Photographer
Record ID
1516_mmm2015_birkleynreliefs_img_002