Gisgis Relief

Image View Description

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

Photographer
Serdar Yalcin
Record ID
1415_mmm2015_gisgisrelief_vr_001