Gisgis Relief

Gisgis Relief

Detail: Rock Relief

Title Variant
Kesentaş Relief, Gis Gis Relief
Date

ca. 9-8th centuries BCE

Material/Technique
Work Type
Notes

The general stylistic features of the Gisgis relief suggest that it was carved in the period between the reigns of the Assyrian kings Shalmeneser III and Sargon II

Image Date
June 2nd, 2015
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
Photographer
Record ID
1516_mmm2015_gisgisrelief_img_056