Ancient Relief Sculptures

Historical reliefs depicting various scenes of battle, daily life, and royal festivities from Assyrian to Roman cultures, illustrating storytelling through stone.

Cooks in a royal palace or city. Nimrud, 8th. c. BC.

Relief of attack on enemy village, from Nimrud, Iraq

Relief of a Roman tomb dated between the 1st and 3rd centuries. Used to build foundations. Found in Cologne, Germany on the banks of the Rhine River. Roman-Germanic Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Assyrian relief- Ashurbanipal and queen feasting. 693 BC. Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Nineveh, IRAQ.

Cooks in a royal palace or city. Nimrud, 8th. c. BC.

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC. Depicts ancient Persian servants or attendants.

Scene of Ashurbanipal hunting with his squires, Relief from Royal Palaces of Nineveh, circa 645 B.C.

Detail of relief with scene of assault on city besieged by Ashurbanipal, from ancient Nimrud, Calah, Iraq

Egyptian temple reliefs Second millennium BC

RELIEVES CON LA BARCA SAGRADA - FOTO AÑOS 80. Location: KARNAC. Thebes. EGYPT.

Relief Panel, The Assyrian Royal Court (Gallery 401), The Metropolitan .Assyrians tending to the tree of life. 883859 b.c.; NeoAssyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II. Excavated at Nimrud

Babylonian. Second Dynasty of Isin in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (1126-1105 BC). Boundary-stone. Kudurru. Limestone stela. Relief with symbols. Sippar, Abu Habba. Iraq. British Museum.

Relief depicting captives of war, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt. Artist: Unknown

Attack on a city, 8th cent. BC. Nimrud, Assyria.

Stele with relief depicting Assyrian official Bel-Harran-beli-usur praying in front of divine symbols. 8th century BC. Marble. From Tel-Abda. Archaeological Museum. Museum of Ancient Orient. Istanbul. Turkey.

Egyptian temple reliefs Second millennium BC

Sculptor's trial piece ca. 1295-1070 B.C. or later New Kingdom, Ramesside or later. Sculptor's trial piece 544699

Stone carved bas relief of Kauravas warriors & elephant in the south west corner pavilion at Angkor Wat, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd, - Cambodia

Detail of Stele of Vultures depicting troops of king Eannatum conquering Umma, from Tell Telloh, ancient Ngirsu,Iraq

Filon epitaph; 150-50 BC (-150-00-00--50-00-00);

Assyrian wall relief depicting the royal lion hunt. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh, North Palace.

Assyrian cuneiform ancient Assyrian stone relief fragment covered by cuneiform from famous Pergamon Museum in Berlin Copyright: xZoonar.com/YuryxZapx 9911616

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Relief depicting a part of a funeral scene from an official's tomb. Limestone. Detail. Probably at Sakkara. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. C. 1350-1300 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Relief of Ankhs, Temple of Rameses III, Karnak Temple Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa Copyright: RichardxMaschmeyer 801-4168

Limestone stela of Sensebek. 12th dynasty, about 1850 BC The deceased is shown with his wife before an offering-table. The text is a hymn to Wepwawet and Osiris.

Horemheb ploughing land in the Fields of Iaru. Relief from the tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara, detail.

Iberian Peninsula. Taifa kingdoms. Memorial stone. 1072. Epitaph of the vizier Abu Omar in kufic script (Qur'an XXXV, 5; III, 89; XLVIII, 1-4). Marble. From Toledo, Spain. Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

The Balawat Gates, three sets of gates from Balawat, an ancient Assyrian Empire, with embossed scenes showing scenes of warfare, the presentation of tribute and hunting of Lions and bulls.

Cylinder seal with cultic scene 8th - 7th century B.C. Assyro-Babylonian. Cylinder seal with cultic scene. Assyro-Babylonian. 8th - 7th century B.C.. Mottled and flawed brown and white Chalcedony (Quartz). Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian. Mesopotamia

The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century. Artist: Unknown

The Bayon was originally the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII. The Bayon, at the centre of Angkor Thom (Great City), was established in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII. Angkor Thom, meaning The Great City’, is located one mile north of Angkor Wat. It was built in the late 12th century CE by King Jayavarman VII, and covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000-150,000 people. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride. Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer

Ancient Ute petroglyph symbols of a human figure of a medicine man carved onto cliff walls, Vernal Utah

Cylinder seal ca. 19th-16th century B.C. Babylonian. Cylinder seal. Babylonian. ca. 19th-16th century B.C.. Amethyst. Old Babylonian. Mesopotamia

Egypt - Karnak - Temple of Amon - Hieroglyphics with Horus

Lintel 16 from Yaxchilan 690 A.D.

Warriors on the Franks Casket, 8th cent. AD, England.

BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Marble slab with a relief representing a lion devouring a deer. Dated from the end of the tenth century and early eleventh century. It comes from Athens. Byzantine Museum. Athens.

Assyrian relief showing Assyrian chariot at battle of the river Ulai, 7th century. Artist: Unknown

Relief depicting prisoners belonging to the nine villages conquered by Ramses II during his military campaigns. Temple of Luxor. Egypt.

Iberian Peninsula. Taifa kingdoms. Memorial stone. 1055. Marble. From the former Convent of San Bartolomé de la Vega (Toledo, Spain). Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Detalle del pórtico del Monasterio de Santa María de Ripoll, monasterio benedictino fundado hacia el año 880 por el conde Wifredo el Velloso.

Assyrian reliefs depicting the military exploits of the rulers and the overthrow of their enemies.

North Syrian. Orthostats relief. Seated figure holding lotus flower. Limestone. Tell Halaf. Wall of Temple Palace. Neo-Hittite period. 850-830 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. Usa.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses II, relief of hieroglyphics illustrating Litany of Ra from 19th dynasty

Relief portraying Temple of Jupiter which collapsed during Pompei Earthquake in 63 a.d. from lararium of Cecilia Giocondo's house in Pompei.

Cambodia, Angkor, Angkor Wat, bas-reliefs,

Komombos Bas Reliefs Antonio Beato (Italian and British, ca. 1825-ca.1903). Komombos Bas Reliefs, 19th century. Albumen silver photograph, image/sheet: 7 13/16 x 10 1/4 in. (19.9 x 26 cm). Photography 19th century

Stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC. Artist: Unknown

Upper Portion of a Stela New Kingdom ca. 1390-1352 B.C. This stela depicts the god Osiris, at left, who is receiving offerings from a man holding a brazier in his right hand, followed by his wife, Henutnefret, who holds a bouquet of water lilies. The man's title, sdm š (servant) is preserved in the central column of text, but his name, in the next column to the right, has been hacked out. The initial hieroglyph, a reed leaf, is still visible, so he was probably Amenhotep (Amun is satisfied), or Amenemhat (Amun is foremost). Both names, which include reference to the god Amun, were attacked during the Amarna Period when the god's name was erased wherever it was visible. The hacking of the name and the style of the carving indicate that the stela dates to the time of Amenhotep III.A row of worshipers is depicted in the lower register. The man in the center carries a brazier and a duck, and the woman at the back carries a long-necked bottle similar one in gallery 122 (09.184.83). View mor

Harpy, bearing in her arms a child form , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Supernatural beings, Harpies Greek mythology. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Hunting scene with antler, dog and hunter, Etruscan rock drawing, iron age, Naquane, Val Camonica, UNESCO World Heritage Site Val Camonica, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Cylinder seal ca. early 2nd millennium B.C.. Cylinder seal. ca. early 2nd millennium B.C.. Hematite. Isin-Larsa or Old Babylonian (recut). Mesopotamia

TAPA DE SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE CAMENO. DEPOSITO: MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE BURGOS.

The Balawat Gates, three sets of gates from Balawat, an ancient Assyrian Empire, with embossed scenes showing scenes of warfare, the presentation of tribute and hunting of Lions and bulls.

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Babylonian 3rd Millenium BC seal impression from Iraq

Archers of Tiglatpileser III, Nimrud, Assyria.

Templo de Luxor. Egipto. Situado en el corazón de la antigua Tebas, fue construido esencialmente bajo las dinastías XVIII y XIX egipcias.

TITULATURA REAL, REY SAHURE. IMPERIO ANTIGUO V DINASTIA HACIA 2450 A.C. GRANITO. ALTURA 8. Location: NEUES MUSEUM, BERLIN, DEUTSCHLAND.

Hittite artefact god with axe, TURKEY.

Relief from the interior of the funerary chapel of a Meroitic queen. Found in pyramid N.ll at Meroe, Sudan, Africa. The ruler buried beneath pyramid N.ll was probably Queen Shanakdakhete (2nd century BC), the first of the ruling queens of Meroe.

SPAIN - Oviedo (district) - ASTURIAS. Oviedo, Igl. San Miguel de Lillo, jamba de la puerta (arte / arquitectura preromanica)

Cylinder seal ca. 15th-14th century B.C. Mitanni. Cylinder seal 324506

Donation Stela of Shebitqo ca. 707-690 BC Third Intermediate Period From the Third Intermediate Period through the Saite Period a large number of stelae are preserved that, like this one, record the donation of land to temples. These give an unusually rich view into temple and land organization. Most often non-royal persons actually made the gift, and the gift was probably destined for the support of the donor's funerary cult. The donation was generally made through an intermediary somehow attached to the temple and who must have derived some benefit for his agency. For reasons of decorum, usually the reigning king was depicted as the official donor in the scene at the top. Probably because of the nature of land development, almost all such stelae relate to areas in the north of the country.This donation stele shows the pharaoh Shebitqo offering two nw-jars to Horus and Hathor.The pharaoh Shebitqo acts on behalf of a local ruler of the eastern Delta, termed the prince, royal son, Chief

The decoration of Assyrian Palaces. Assyrian Kings competed to make each new palace finer than the last. Carved reliefs decorated the interior walls, while colossal man-headed lions or bulls stood as guardians of gateways.

Ashurbanipal's brutal campaign against Elam in 647 BCE is recorded in this relief. Assyrian

Kom El Shugafa, Alexandria. 1st cent. BC. Anubis, god of mummification with the mummy.

Base of etruscan grave marker decorated with reliefs about funerary games. Early 5th century BC. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary.

RELIEVE - FOTO AÑOS 80. Location: EXTERIOR. MENFIS. EGYPT.

Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great (Akkadian arru-kinu, meaning 'the true king' or 'the legitimate king'), was a Semitic Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 23rd and 22nd centuries BC. The founder of the Dynasty of Akkad, Sargon reigned in the last quarter of the third millennium BCE. He became a prominent member of the royal court of Kish, killing the king and usurping his throne before embarking on the quest to conquer Mesopotamia. He was originally referred to as Sargon I until records concerning an Assyrian king also named Sargon (now usually referred to as Sargon I) were unearthed. Sargon's vast empire is thought to have included large parts of Mesopotamia, and included parts of modern-day Iran, Asia Minor and Syria. He ruled from a new, but as yet archaeologically unidentified capital, Akkad (Agade), which the Sumerian king list claims he built (or possibly renovated). He is sometimes regarded as the first person in recorded hi

A photograph taken of Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Egypt. Philae was initially located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other compounds before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The most ancient was a temple for Isis, built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC, the other ruins date from the Ptolemaic Kingdom (282-145 BC), with many traces of Roman work in Philae dedicated to Ammon-Osiris.

Relief of a king and a ram-headed god. Granite. Reign of Ptolemy II or III. 285-221 BC. From the Temple of Isis at Behbeit el-Hagar. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Hittites, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

PIEDRA CON RELIEVE DE LOS DANZANTES-INFLUENCIA OLMECA EN EL TRAZO. Location: EXTERIOR. MONTE ALBAN. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

GERMANY, EAST BERLIN, PERGAMON MUSEUM, ASSURBANIPAL LION HUNT, ASSYRIA

Relief from the South Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I ca. 1295-1294 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside Ramesses I, first king of Dynasty 19, was a military officer from the eastern Delta. He served as a general and vizier under Haremhab, last king of Dynasty 18, and was designated by him as his successor. Probably quite old when he became king, most of his monuments were finished by his son, Seti I.The south wall, shown here, depicts Ramesses I and his family presenting offerings to Osiris. The upper register (now lost) showed Ramesses leading four young bulls to "Osiris Onnophris." In the lower register, Ramesses is shown "making incense and libation" over offerings piled before the shrine of "Osiris, lord of continuity, great god at home in the Abydene nome"; behind the statue of Osiris stand Isis and Hathor.Ramesses is accompanied by his queen, Sitre, shaking two sistra "to your beautiful face." Behind her is a procession of men and women bearing bouquets. In the dedicatory stela of this te

(Detail) relief from the Apadana, large hypostyle great audience hall at Persepolis. Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550330 BC). It is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran.

old egypt hieroglyphs carved on the stone. Detail from temple wall in Egypt.

ESTELA EN PIEDRA - JINETE E INFANTE DE LA MESETA - ARTE IBERO-ROMANO PROCEDENTE DE LARA DE LOS INFANTES. Location: MUSEO DE BURGOS. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Deatil of Trajans Column Rome 2013. Commenmorating Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars.

Cylinder seal ca. early 2nd millennium B.C.. Cylinder seal. ca. early 2nd millennium B.C.. Hematite. Old Syrian. Syria

Guatemala, Tikal, Carved Stelae

Alexander III the Great (-356-323). King of Macedonia (-336 to -323). Son of Philip II and Princess epirota Olympia. Marble plaque depicting his Ascension driving carriage with two winged griffin. From Peribleptos. Second half of 14th century. Museum of Mystras. Lakonia Province. Peloponnese Region.

PIEZA DEL TEMPLO DE DEBOD: SILLAR CON TITULATURA REAL (200-180 A.C.).

Stela dedicated to the god Ptah by Nakhtemmut. Limestone. Deir-el-Medina. 20 Dynasty (1196-1070 BC).

A photograph taken of Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Egypt. Philae was initially located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other compounds before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The most ancient was a temple for Isis, built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC, the other ruins date from the Ptolemaic Kingdom (282-145 BC), with many traces of Roman work in Philae dedicated to Ammon-Osiris.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of first herald Duaerneheh, relief decoration from eighteenth dynasty

The tribute of the Chaldeans., 1880 - 1902., London. Publisher, Society of Biblical Archaeology. Related topics include Gates, Assyria, Bas-reliefs, Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, active 9th century B.C., and Palaces

Stone relief showing a crocodile eating fish, The Bayon Temple in Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq. Ashurbanipal with his subjects in his chariot. Relief, detail. Upper Mesopotamia. Neo-Assyrian Empire. 7th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

Assyrian relief of a man leading a horse and rider. Artist: Unknown

Archeological site of Teotihuacan (100BC-AD700).UNESCO World Heritage Site.Palace of Quetzal-Papalotl. Mexico..

Iran, Tehran, National Museum of Iran, Procession of Xerxes frieze from the ancient city of Persepolis

Walking cattle across a channel wall relief Saqqara Egypt

Mesopotamia.Ur-Nanshe, King of Lagash, builds a temple (top), and celebrates (bottom) 2550 BC. Sumerian. Relief. Louvre.

Historic, Mesopotamia. Vulture stete, Lagash III mill. BC. Mesopotamia.

Zeus and Iris, depicted on the Parthenon Friezes, Athens. 439 - 433 BC

Angkor Wat Temple, Siem Reap Province, Angkor's Temple Complex Site listed as World Heritage by Unesco in 1192, built at the XIIth Century, Cambodia, Asia

Stela grobowa Sabni. unknown, author

Lachish relief. South-West Palace of king Sennacherib in Nineveh, Iraq. Assyrian victory over the kingdom of Judah during the siege of Lachish in 701 BC. Carved between 700-681 BC. British Museum. London, United Kingdom.

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