Gisgis Relief

Date: ca. 9-8th centuries BCE
Image View Description: Southern Side of Upper Ridge of Hillside, Relief, Sunny Conditions
Material/Technique: bas-relief
Work Type: sculpture
Style/Period: Assyrian Empire
Style/Period 2: Neo-Assyrian Empire
Culture: Assyrian
Culture: 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_002


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