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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
Iran, Near Shiraz, Naghsh-E-Rostan, Relief Of Bahram Ii Over Older Elamite Carving
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"Campana" Relief of Theseus Slaying a Centaur. Unknown
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Fragment of Mother Goddesses (Matrika) Panel with Indrani and Chamunda 901 CE-1100 Nepal. Copper repoussÈ .
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Cylinder seal ca. late 2nd millennium B.C. Cypriot (). Cylinder seal 327811
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Stucco relief (Roman) depicting Eros. 1st Century AD
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Sacophagus depicting Achilles in Scyros in the Villa del Principe, Palazzo di Andrea Doria, Piazza dei Principe, Genoa. Italy
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Medieval Khachkars carved memorial stele, peasant stone, Noratus cemetery, Lake Sevan, Gegharkunik province, Armenia, Caucasus, Middle East, Asia
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Plaque with a Dancer. India, Tamil Nadu, Madurai, 17th century. Sculpture; plaques. Ivory
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CRUCIFIJO DE DON FERNANDO Y DOÑA SANCHA - DETALLE - PARTE ALTA DE LA CRUZ - SIGLO XI. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Turkey. Istanbul. Theodosius Obelisk. Pedestal. Emperor offering laurel of victory. 4th c. Hippodrome.
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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.
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Women working. Kneeding dough in time to a flute player. Boeotia, 7th cent. BC. Ancient Greek relief.
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Italy, Veneto, Verona, headstone detail, Archaeological Museum, Teatro Romano.
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Turkey. Istanbul. Obelisk of Theodosius. Pedestal. Bas-Reliefs. Emperor and his court (North facade) 4th century. Hippodrome.
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Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, with narrow frame, with the history of Susanna, fireplace stone part ceramics brick glaze, baked Hearthstone of the Antwerp type with narrow list depicting the bathing Susanna who is approached by two elders (Daniel 13: 19v) on the background fountain and some trees building history warm old testament bible religion Susanna elder
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Hercules Herakles fights Cerberus, the three-headed dog. Romano-German.
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capitel corintio de la vivienda de Caius Lulius Silvanus, siglo III, Museo-Centro de Interpretación del parque arqueológico de Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
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Cylinder seal ca. 1820-1730 B.C.. Cylinder seal. ca. 1820-1730 B.C.. Hematite. Old Syrian. Syria
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Greek altar, Pentelic marble, probably from Athens, fifth century BC. It is carved in low relief with the underworld deities Hermes, Demeter and Persephone.
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Italy. Rome. Arch of Titus. Constructed in 82 AD by the emperor Domitian to commemorate Titus' victories. Spoil of Jerusalem. Detail relief.
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Openwork furniture plaque with a striding, ram-headed sphinx. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 x W. 3 1/8 x D. 5/16 in. (7.8 x 8 x 0.8 cm). Date: ca. 9th-8th century B.C..A ram-headed sphinx, a fantastic creature drawn from Egyptian art that combines the head of a ram with the body of a winged lion, strides through a landscape of voluted palmettes in this rectangular openwork plaque. This piece was found in a storeroom at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. Ram-headed sphinxes were often depicted in Egyptian art during the time when this ivory was carved by Phoenician artisans. This suggests that Phoenicians, whose home cities were along the eastern Mediterranean coast, were aware of contemporary Egyptian art. The slender proportions of this composite creature's leonine body are typical of Phoenician ivories, as are several elements drawn from Egyptian art includin
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Capital with a Pattern of Leaves and Vines 6th-7th century Vines and leaves cover the surface of the stone, veiling its mass. This new style was used throughout the Byzantine world in the sixth century, most elegantly in the emperor Justinian's rebuilding of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.. Capital with a Pattern of Leaves and Vines 456169
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Hephajstammon's grave; 2 after. II century (150-00-00-200-00-00);Braniewo, Lyc. Hosianum, Rew., Collection of ancient Egypt
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Bas Reliof in the wall on the east side of the Borobudur; Ditto 2nd Go. Of which the upper part told a story from Siddhartha and his family in Lalitavistara. The lower part, the Avadana Relief tells the story of King Sibi.
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Stories of St Benedict, attributed to Giovanni di Consalvo (active ca 1436-1439), sepia. Detail. Badia Fiorentina, Cloister of the Oranges (Chiostro degli Aranci), Florence, Italy.
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Bas-relief, detail, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene ca. 8th-7th century B.C. Assyrian. Cylinder seal with cultic scene 327287
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The upper part of the Tomb of Payava, a Lycian tall rectangular free-standing barrel-vaulted stone sarcophagus built for Payava, ruler of Xanthos. Dated 360 BC
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Belt Plaque with Fighting Stallions 2nd century B.C. Southern Siberia. Belt Plaque with Fighting Stallions. Southern Siberia. 2nd century B.C.. Bronze. Metalwork
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Arqueta, siglo XV. Fundación Juan March.
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Partially Damaged Funerary Stele 5th Century B.C. Carved from limestone and decorated with Sphinxes
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Facade stone The Haas Moole, facing stone sculpture sculpture building component sandstone stone, sculpted Facing stone on which hare is depicted. The hare jumps to the left and looks D. Haas to the right. Moole. . 1716. Rotterdam Noord Provenierswijk Schiekade miller mill guild Originating from the flour mill De Haasmolen on the Schiekade west side.
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Turkey, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Marble carving with Roman helmet. (Large format sizes available)
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Engraved bronze conical helmet, Detail, from Oppeano Veronese (Veneto region, Italy)
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PIE DE PILA BAUTISMAL. Location: COLEGIATA DE SANTA MARIA LA REAL. XUNQUEIRA DE AMBIA. Orense. ESPAíA.
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Engraving of a terracotta tablet excavated at Babylon, showing a large dog and its attendant. Dated 19th Century
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This 1910 image shows an Assyrian king hunting. The stone relief is in the British Museum in London. Here, the king Ashurbanipal gallops forward, shooting at wild asses. One of the horsemen behind him has spare arrows and the other has a spare mount. Asses are shot or pulled down by dogs. Ashurbanipal ruled in 600s BC. Date of this relief uncovered at North Palace at Nineveh is 645-635 BC.
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Fireback 18th century British. Fireback 209452
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This alabaster relief, showing a dying lioness, is from the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal and dates to around 650 B.C.
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ARTE MAYA - RESTO DE MAYA. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.
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Bass relief in the north wall of the Borobudur, 1873 photograph JEUGDVERHALEN VAN SIDDHTHA IN LALITVASARAA EN AVADANA. Java (possibly) paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print
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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.
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Venetian stone relief on the outer wall of St. Nicholas Church, Byzantine monastery church, Mesopotam, Albania, Europe
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Close-up of a statue, Guimaraes, Braga, Minho, Portugal
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Stone sculpture in Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey
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Bronze gate ornaments. Assyrian (circa 883-859 BC). From Balawat, near Nimrud. Embossed with scenes of warfare, prisoners and tribute bearers to represent the achievements of Ashurnasirpal II.
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Excavations, Ephesus, Efes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curetes Street, portrait of the goddess Nike, Selcuk, Lycia, Southwest Turkey, west coast, Western Turkey, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia
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Reliefs in Tomb KV11, the tomb of ancient Egyptian Ramesses III, Valley of the Kings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Mahabharata scene carved on wall of Kailash temple, Ellora, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox
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Pre-Columbian Art. Maya. Archaeological Site of Copa_n. Altar Q. West side. It was created during the rule of King Yax Pac in 776. There are depicted sixteen leaders of Copan, shown with a full body portrait, four on each side of the monument. Each ruler is seated on a glyph that represents his name. This scene depicts to Yax Pasah, the last ruler of Copan, receiving the torch from the founder of the dynasty, Yax Kuk Mo. Honduras.
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Relief with a recumbent skeleton and a sickle, Palma Historic Cemetery, inaugurated on March 24, 1821, Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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Funerary stele of a blacksmith
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Germany, Mainz, Zahlbach, Funerary stele of Romanius
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Roman sarcophagus in Tel Kadesh
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Funerary stele. Cenotaph. 1st-2nd century. Sant Miquel de Vinebre Necropolis, Catalonia. Name of father (Caius Aebutius Tardus) and his son (Caius Aebutius Verecundus), soldier of the Legion VI, died at 19 years ago. National Archaeological Museum, Tarragona. Spain.
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DNK, Langeland, Skroebelev, village church, ca. 12th century, Exteriör, granite sculpture, south wall, lion bites its tail, St., Sankt, Saint
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Roman Harvesting machine. Donkey pushes scoop into corn. Agriculture. Romano-German period relief. GERMANY.