Ancient Reliefs and Sculptures

A series of detailed stone reliefs depicting scenes from ancient civilizations, illustrating cultural narratives, mythology, and everyday life.

Iran, Near Shiraz, Naghsh-E-Rostan, Relief Of Bahram Ii Over Older Elamite Carving

Terracotta decorative relief. Chariot race. c. 70 AD. British Museum. London. UK.

Carved acroterion with knight figure, from first palace of Murlo, Tuscany region, Italy

English or Welsh medieval Comb used for the grooming of the priest during Mass to avoid the contamination of the consecrated bread and wine with stray hairs or lice. elephant ivory, About 1080-1100

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, with narrow frame, with sea battle, fireplace stone part ceramic brick, fired Hearth of the Antwerp type with narrow list depicting naval battle in which armed and hardened men fight each other building history heat war

Stele of Bes. Late Ptolemaic period (1st century BC). Limesstone. Barraco Museum. Rome. Italy.

Relief depicting ascene stupa bharhut. from the Bharhut stupa, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India. Mauryan period, c. 2nd century BCE, sandstone. Bharhut had been established as a Buddhist place of worship for centuries

Relief depicting the life of Buddha, stupas of Sanchi, UNESCO World Heritage site, built by King Ashoka, Mauryan dynasty, Sanchi, Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, North India, India, Asia

Byzantine relief of two griffins, facade detail of St. Mark's Basilica, St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy

blur in iran persepolis the old ruins historical destination monuments and ruin

Relief auf einem Kapitell aus dem 12. Relief on a 12th century capital, two ladies looking out of a window, house of La Canonja de Girona, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22283010

A dockworker is unloading food suppllies from a boat. Harbor. Ostia. Italy. 3rd century AD. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Vase with Processional Scenes. India, West Bengal, Chandraketugarh region, circa 100 BCE. Furnishings; Accessories. Buff colored, low-fired ceramic

Kingdom of Ramses II. Plate representing a black prisoner, vitrified brick. From Egypt, a palace on the Nile delta

Capitals with scenes of Genesis and Book of Kings, by Antelami Benedetto, 1178, 12th Century, white marble. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Parma: National Gallery of Art. Whole artwork. Capital decoration Adam Eve tree snake flower

Shalmaneser III Nimrud, Mesopotamia Near Eastern Art Ivory Iraq National Museum, Baghdad, Iraq

Famous bas-relief with chariot on the Apadana Palace, Achaemenid archeological site of Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Persia, Iran, Asia

Close view of stupa 2 carved medallions decorate surrounding walls, Sanchi 46Kms northeast of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Relief depicting two billy goats next to a vine. 6th-7th centuries. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

The base of the Egyptian Obelisk of Thutmosis III, a centre piece of the Roman Hippadrome, showing Roman spectators in the Hippadrome. Istanbul Turkey

Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo25. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Fireplace with presentation of the baptism of Christ in the Jordaan. Fireplace, baptism in the Jordaan. Baked.

Decorated stele called 'Antonia Buturra', Roman period, hermitage of San Sebastian, Gastiain, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Plaque with Ramayana Scene 13th-14th century Indonesia (Java). Plaque with Ramayana Scene 38290

Women on the balcony (common name), 100. Rose shale. Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris.

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, with narrow frame, with Abraham and Melchizedek, hearth fireplace component ceramics brick, fired Hearth of the Antwerp type with narrow frame depicting Abraham and Melchizedek (Genesis 14:17) in the background hilly landscape with tree building history heating old testament bible religion Abraham Melchisedek

Architectural Panel with Parrots 801 CE-1000 Java. Terracotta .

Assyrian Reliefs at the Vatican museum,winged genius kneeling front of the sacred tree,fron the palace at Nimrud,Ashurnasirpal II 883-859 B.C.

Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene late 8th - 7th century B.C. Assyrian. Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene. Assyrian. late 8th - 7th century B.C.. Brown Chalcedony (Quartz). Neo-Assyrian. Mesopotamia

Battle scene. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC. From Nimrud. Assyrian chariots are charging into battle.

A relief of St. Euphemia, a 14th century martyr, Rovinj, Croatia, Europe

Etruscan cinerary urn. Hero fighting with a plow. Chiusi, Italy. 2nd c. BC. Terracotta. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Near Cancun, Maya Ruins Of Chichen Itza, Platform Of The Eagles And Jaguars, Detail Of Stone Carvings, Eaglae Eating Human Heart

Lamassu (Winged Bull) from the Palace of Sargon II Ancient Near East Iraq National Museum, Baghdad, Iraq

Urn holder of the miller Publius Nonius Zethus. From Ostia. The reliefs depict scenes of the miller's work: ass turns the grindstone. 1st century AD. Vatican Museums. Vatican city.

Plaimpied-Givaudins, Saint-Martin church from 1080, capital with two pelicans with intertwined necks

Turkey, Ephesos, antiquity, ruin

Italy, Rome, Roman warship, cast from the original work situated in the Jordans' Cemetery in Rome

Capital with a Centaur Battling a Man with Bow and Arrow ca. 1175-1200 North Spanish Like the capital to the right, this one depicts a man and animal engaged in combat and in a similar almost abstract manner. Here the centaur engages a man with bow and arrow.. Capital with a Centaur Battling a Man with Bow and Arrow. North Spanish. ca. 1175-1200. Limestone. Made in Palencia, Spain. Sculpture-Architectural

North Romanesque portal, man spearing a dragon, Church of El Salvador, Romanesque from the 13th century, Ejea de los Caballeros, Cinco Villas, Aragon, Spain.

Relief with swords and scabbards, from Turkey

Base of a dedication, detail. The relief depicts a scene from the apobates race. In the apobates race, the fully armed athlete jumped to the ground and then had to remount on the fast-moving chariot. Late 4th-Early 3rd century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

Capitals from the Camarasa pillar depicting the Binding of Isaac. Last quarter of 12th century. Anonymous. From the Church of Saint Michael (San Miquel) of Camarasa, Lleida province. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Grave stele. Marble. Greek original of the ionic school. 500-490 BC. Young girl holding a dove in her right hand. From the Horti Lamiani. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Casting Model for Belt Plaque. Culture: North China. Dimensions: L. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). Date: 2nd-1st century B.C..A primary beast-of-burden on the Silk Route, the camel plays a surprisingly minor role in the visual arts of Central Asia and China prior to the sixth century A.D. It seems likely that this plaque served as a model for the making of molds which in turn were sued to cast belt plaques or other adornments for people, horses, and chariots, favored by the Xiongnu and other Central Asian inhabitants. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roman funerary relief depicting two men are unloading amphoras from a large sailing ship onto a smaller vessel. 2nd century AD. Probably from Ostia. Marble. Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities. Stockholm. Sweden.

UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ancient Mayan hieroglyphics at historic Chichen Itza, Mexico.

ARTE ROMANO. TURQUIA. Detalle del FRISO del TEMPLO DE ADRIANO, ricamente esculpido con relieves (copias de los originales, expuestos en el museo de la ciudad). Fechados hacia el siglo III d. C. CIUDAD DE EFESO. Península Anatólica.

Rawicz coat of arms Zwornik presbytery, Wawel Cathedral, Krakow

Baseliëf in the wall on the north side of the Borobudur, 1873 photograph The upper part tells a story of Buddha in Lalitavistara and the bottom an avadana relief the story of Manohara Java (possibly) paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print

Slab. Transportation of timber (cedars of Lebanon, Phoenician civilization). Transport ships. Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq. Assyrian Empire. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Winged horse, relief on the base of Palazzo Bucelli inlaid with stone fragments, cinerary urns, Etruscan and Roman inscriptions, Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy.

animales fantasticos con cabeza humana, Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol, Románico, siglo XII -declarada Monumento Histórico Artístico Nacional en 1935-, Caracena, Soria, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, Spain, Europe.

Relief of Herakles with lionskin

Fragment sarkofagu z amorkiem podtrzymującym epitafium. unknown, author

Grabstätte von Toda Pérez de Azagra und ihrem Ehemann Diego López II de Haro tomb of Toda Pérez de Azagra and her husband Diego López II de Haro, Monastery of Santa María La Real, Nájera, La Rioja, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22946142

Reliefs in Daulatabad fort, Maharashtra, India.

CAPITEL DEL CLAUSTRO DE LA SEO DE URGEL - SIGLO XIII - ROMANICO CATALAN. Location: CATEDRAL. SEO DE URGEL. Lerida. SPAIN.

Thomas-a-Beckett martyrdom, 1170.

Black obelisk of Shalmaneser III. Receives homage of Jehu tribute. British Museum.

Spain. Seville. Alcazar of Seville. Mudejar plasterwork. 1340. Hall of Justice.

Roman stone relief, Ostia Antica archaeological site, ancient port city of Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Figure, Ta Som, Angkor Wat complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Churning of the Sea of Milk Gallery at Angkor Wat temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Brass plaque from Benin, Nigeria, West Africa. the British Museum London. Edo peoples, 16th century AD From Benin, Nigeria. There are over nine hundred plaques of this type in various museums in England, Europe and America. Many of the plaques now in The British Museum were collected during the British Punitive Expedition in 1897. They are thought to have been made in matching pairs and fixed to pillars in the Oba's palace in Benin City.

Cylinder seal ca. 1720-1650 B.C.. Cylinder seal 327737

Fireplace with the performance of attacking warriors. Fireplace with the performance of attacking warriors.

DETALLE LATERAL DERECHO DE LA PORTADA DEL MONASTERIO DE RIPOLL - LUCHA ENTRE CABALLEROS - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA. RIPOLL. SPAIN.

Santa Maria Maggiore cathedral, Barletta, Puglia, Italy. Relief detail

Libya, Sabratha. Marble relief around base of theatre stage.

Reliefs on the exterior wall of the Hoysaleswara Temple, Hoysala style, Halebidu, Halebid, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Simbolo romanico.Sant Pere de Galligants (s.X-sXII). Girona.Catalunya.España.

Sarcophagus with centauromachy on the front. Gigantomachy on the lid. Marble. 2nd C. AD. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Pillar Capital 900 A.D.

Relief with centurion and soldier from Turin, Italy, Roman civilization

Jewellery from tomb no. 7 of Monte Alban, museum, church of the former Dominican monastery of Santo Domingo in Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico, Central America, close-up of a stone sculpture with relief of a figure in the archaeological museum, Central America

DETALLE DE UN LEON DE LA FUENTE DEL PATIO DE LOS LEONES DE LA ALHAMBRA. Location: ALHAMBRA-PATIO DE LOS LEONES. GRANADA. SPANIEN.

Mexico, State of Yucatan.Archaeological site of the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza

FRISO DEL PARTENON - SIGLO V AC - RELIEVE DE LAS ERGASTINAS-PERIODO CLASICO. Author: PHIDIAS. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Stone carving, ancient city of Perge, Perge, Aksu, Turkish Riviera, Province of Antalya, Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Asia

Roman civilization, bas-relief depicting fruit seller

San Giulio navigating on his cloak, relief from the Basilica of San Giulio, Island of San Giulio, Orta San Giulio. Italy, 12th century.

Piezas arqueológicas procedentes de Can Peixau. Museu de Badalona.

Detail relief of tower of Pisa Tuscany Italy

An Archivest. Funerary altar dedicated to Marcus Trebellius Argolicus, archivist "tabularius". Detail eagle. 1st-2nd century AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Detail of a gravestone in a sanctuary sacred to Saturn, 1st century. Artist: Unknown

Carved relief of Darius the Great, builder of Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Relief depicting two Roman soldiers, 98-117 b.c. from Arch of Triumph erected to celebrate war against Dacians at Adamclisi, Romania

Sphinx from Cyprus, 6th century BC. Archaic Period. Louvre Paris

Panels on the Mahanavami Dibba wall in Royal Enclosure in Hampi, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia. UNESCO World Heritage Site, Asia

Roman funerary stele dedicated to a deceased girl, depicted in a niche with a full-length tunic and a cloak. Next to her, a bird and a rabbit. 1st century AD. Limestone. From Castulo (Linares, Jaen province, Andalusia, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Surviving bronze bands of the Balawat Gates (858-824 BC) from the palace of Shalmaneser III, Iraq. Bronze strips embossed with scenes of Shalmaneser's campaigns. First depictions trees and mountains in Assyrian art. Currently at the British Museum, London.

Tumba de Paheri. Paheri era el nieto de Ahmose hijo de Ebana, y sirvió bajo las órdenes de Tutmosis III. Ostentó varios cargos, fue Intendente de Nekheb, así como Escriba de Amon, Tutor del Príncipe, y Jefe de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet, entre otros.

Female Gladiators Roman 1st and 2nd Centuries AD From Halicarnassus, Turkey This marble sculpture carved in relief, commemorates the honourable release from service of two women fighters.

Upper section of a stele with depiction of a libation scene before a seated god. Late 3rd millennium BC. White limestone. On the left, a figure whose head is missing, probably a king, pours a libation at an altar adorned with a palm leaf. Southern Mesopotamian style. Susa. Third Dynasty of Ur. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre, collegiate church of St-Jacques, rotunda, column capitals with monkeys and mythical creatures

Egyptian Art. Egypt. Mandrill carved into the base of the obelisk of Ramses II. Temple of Luxor. Ancient Thebes. New Kingdom. Egypt.

Arjuna s Penance or Bhagiratha s Penance massive open air bas-relief monolith in 7th century located in Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Eatchi and Amir-Hasaan II princes (14th century). Low relief. Light-brown tuff, carving. Astuadsadsin Spitakavor (White Virgin) Monastery Vayots Dzor, 1321. Armenia. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Chichen Itza hieroglyphics mayan pok-ta-pok ball court Mexico

Workshop of coppersmith, the blacksmith at work, relief from the altar of Lucio Minucio Optato, from Este, Padova province, Italy

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