Under Natural Archway over River, West of Lower Relief, Below and East of Upper Relief
Title Variant
Tigris Tunnel, Lice Reliefs
Date
upper relief: mid-9th century BCE; lower relief: early 11th century BCE
Location
Geographic Coordinates
38.529833, 40.547495
Material/Technique
Work Type
Notes
The river is Dibni Su, one of the tributaries of the Tigris. 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.
Image Date
June 1st, 2015
Image Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University
Photographer