Southern Side of Upper Ridge of Hillside, Relief, Cloudy Conditions
Date
ca. 9-8th centuries BCE
Material/Technique
bas-relief
Work Type
sculpture
Style/Period
Assyrian Empire
Style/Period 2
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Culture
Assyrian
Culture 2
Ancient Near Eastern
Location
Kesentaş (Turkey)
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 Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University