Ancient Symbolism and Reliefs

Reliefs and carvings showcasing ancient symbols and inscriptions from Egyptian and Islamic cultures, highlighting intricate designs and historical narratives.

Marble Roman slab of the Fox and Grapes. Artist: Unknown

Cartridge with praenomen of Thutmose II. New Kingdom. Hatshepsut's Temple. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt.

Islamic sculpure. Decorative panel with epigraphs. Dated 13th century. From Sindicato street, Palma de Mallorca. Museum of Palma de Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

ARQUIVOLTA DE LA PORTADA DEL MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE RIPOLL - DETALLE - SUEÑO DE NABUCODONOSOR - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA. RIPOLL. GERONA. SPAIN.

El Templo de Edfu está ubicado en la ciudad de Edfu (Egipto), que durante el periodo grecorromano fue conocida como Apolinópolis Magna, dedicada al dios de los dioses, Horus-Apolo.

Relief depicting making of bread

China, Beijing: Surroundings: Ming tombs (Ming Shisan Ling), marble gate of honour (Shi Paifang), relief, Asia

relieve del escudo de Hecho en la fachada de la iglesia de San Martín , siglo XIX, valle de Hecho, pirineo aragones,Huesca,Spain.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Marble Roman slab of the Fox and Grapes. Artist: Unknown

Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, Sumeria. Ur Dynasty I (2650-2350 BC) Detail of limestone relief showing Ur-Nanshe wearing traditional fur skirt or Kaunakes. Louvre, Paris

SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE POZA DE LA SAL. DEPOSITO: MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE BURGOS.

Tomb of Toda Perez de Azagra, second wife of Diego Lopez II of Haro, Monastery of Santa Maria La Real, Najera, La Rioja, Spain.

marble plaque, 7th century, Las Tamujas estate, Museum of the Councils and the Visigoth Culture, Church of San Román,Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Bas Relief on exterior wall of Huchimalligudi temple in Aihole, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with winged deer in glass, hearth fireplace part ceramic brick, baked Hearth stone of the Antwerp type without frame showing two winged deer placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1605 half the windows on the top and bottom are filled with lily pattern. date 1605 heating history

Metopa with merchant ship, 2nd century, National Archaeological Museum, Villa Cassis Faraone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, important city in the Roman Empire, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Swedish gravestone with a partial Latin inscription. Dated 12th Century

Natha Siddha with Gorakshanatha in large panel on wall, Gaur Lena, Panhale Kazi caves number twenty-nine, Konkan, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Stove plate with two women's figures, Leda and Fortuna (), Anonymous, 1550 - 1600 Stove plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. Two women's figures on a console in the upper zone under bows. They are separated from each other by a colonnet. The left woman is Leda with the swan on a column next to her. On the right is possibly Fortuna. Above the arches. In the lower zone a medallion with bust and profil in the midst of leaf ornament with fantasy bowls and above it a winged angel's head. Germany iron (metal) casting Stove plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. Two women's figures on a console in the upper zone under bows. They are separated from each other by a colonnet. The left woman is Leda with the swan on a column next to her. On the right is possibly Fortuna. Above the arches. In the lower zone a medallion with bust and profil in the midst of leaf ornament with fantasy bowls and above it a winged angel's head. Germany iron (metal) casting

Egyptian funerary stele of a Royal Priest and his wife. Artist: Unknown

(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.

Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Casa De Colon,

Limestone libation vase, late Uruk, Warka, Southern Iraq, 3300BC-3000BC. Artist: Unknown

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.

Kilmartin Cemetery, tomb with grave slabs over 500 years old, Scotland, Great Britain

Roman relief with vines on a trellis, Conimbriga Monographic Museum, city of the Conventus Scallabitanus, Coimbra district, Portugal.

TEJIDO DE LANA - SIGLO VI. Location: ALHAMBRA-MUSEO TEXTIL. GRANADA. SPANIEN.

Roman relief. Game playing. 1st cent. AD.

Viking picture stone from Lillbjors Gotland, VIIIth century with detail of ship. Museum: Historisk Museet, ESTOCOLMO, SWEDEN.

Anonymous / "Fragment of marble jamb with grotesque relief", 2nd century, Sculpture (marble).

Arched field, tympanum with relief of Christ as judge of the world, medieval castle ruins, imperial palace of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, Stauferpfalz, Barbarossaburg, Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Horse man statue Bas Relief in Mahanavami Dibba in Hampi, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Karnak. Templo de Thutmose III. Templo de Tutmosis III (o Thutmose III), Egipto.

A photograph taken of the temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple. The temple was built about one hundred meters northeast of the temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II's chief consort, Nefertari, circa 1255 BC. Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great.

Lapida de Ahuízotl, originaria de Tepoztlán. Museo Nacional de antropologia. Estado de Mexico D.F. Mexico.

Erotic sculptures on wall of Chinniyan tank 16th-17th centuries by local chieftain near Thiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Lintel 725 A.D. Mayan. Yaxehilan, the sacrificial offering of blood conjures up a visionary manifestation of Yat-Balam.

Relief portraying archer, from Tell Halaf, Turkey

Lamego, Portugal, Museum of Lamego, stone coat of arms

Cast of Stela A from The Great Plaza, Copan, Honduras. Dated 400 AD

SPAIN - Rioja alavesa (district) - BASQUE COUNTRY - ALAVA. Laguardia; Iglesia de San Juan; portada sur / románica; detalle de esculturas

Archers- Assault on Lachish. Assyrian relief.

Czech Republic, South Moravia, Lednice, Detail of coat of arms on the Lednice Castle facade. UNESCO

capitel con concha de Santiago, Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Iranzu, claustro, siglo XII - XIV, camino de Santiago, Abárzuza, Navarra, Spain, Europe.

Niobid sarcophagus , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Sarcophagi, Gods, Goddesses, Apollo Deity, Artemis Greek deity, Niobe Greek mythological character. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

North America, Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen Itza. detail of the grand ball court

Ivory panel depicting prince praying, man with lion cub and war scenes, from Ugarit, Ras-Shamra, Syria Detail.

A photograph taken within Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. Merneptah or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC - May 2, 1203 BC) was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Lima, Peru. Ruins of Chan Chan Pre-Columbian archaeological site near Trujillo, Peru.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

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

estela de arenisca, I a.C., oppidum de Berreaga, Arkeologi Museoa, museo aqueologico, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Pais Vasco, Spain.

Relief, Maya with headdress, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, Central America

Toledo San Vicente plaza in Castile La Mancha of Spain

Mexico, Yucatan. Stone decorations; Chichen Itza ruins, Maya Civilization, 7th-13th Century.

Detail; of powith scenes of Trojan War, detail representing Trojan horse, from Mykonos, Greece

Relief plaque, Parian marble found in Athens, near Theseion. It most probably belonged to the facing of a funerary monument. It represents a naked youth with a helmet running to right. He may be an athlete participating in the hoplite race or a pyrrhic dancer. The work is remarkable for the bold rendering of motion and for the figure's coordination with the shape of the plaque, about 500 BC.

Grave stele, Whitaker Museum, Phoenician island of Mozia, outpost for merchants and seafarers, 12th century BC, Sicily, Moiza, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque, relief with Pacal ascending throne at Mayan archaeological site UNESCO World Heritage Site, 29th July, 615

FACHADA OCCIDENTAL - PEDESTAL - RELIEVES EXALTANDO LA FIGURA DE CARLOS V - S XVI. Author: OREA JUAN DE. Location: PALACIO DE CARLOS V. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Petroglyph near Rano Kau Volcano on Easter Island or Rapa Nui in Chile

Fragment of a Frieze 11th century This panel and panels 39.40.58, .60, .62-64 are believed to have formed a large frieze along the entrance to a prayer hall that served a densely populated residential neighborhood. The frieze was originally painted in red and blue and included the word al-sultan, a title that first occurred in monumental epigraphy in the eleventh century with Seljuq and Ghaznavid rulers. It has been suggested that the friezes inscription originally bore the titles of the Seljuq sultan Malik Shah (r. 1073-92).. Fragment of a Frieze 449594

Reliefs on a stone portal, Savoia di Lucania, Basilicata, Italy.

Cylinder seal ca. 15th-13th century B.C. Cypriot. Cylinder seal 321422

Panel with female head holding a flower, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, stucco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: volta del cubicolo E. Fragment. Panel with female head holding a flower frame

Relief depicting the union between Upper Egypt (reeds) and Lower Egypt (Papyrus).Base of the statue of Ramses II in front of the Temple of Luxor. Dated at the XIX Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Bread carrier". Patinated plaster, between 1895 and 1898. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Woman, bread, patter patina, wear, carrier

PORTADA-ARQUIVOLTA-DET-BAUTISMO DE SAN PABLO. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA. RIPOLL. GERONA. SPAIN. SAN PABLO APOSTOL-PABLO DE TARSO.

Santa Maria de Eunate church , Romanesque figurative capital,, 12th century, Ilzarbe Valley, Navarra, Spain.

SALON DE COMARES - PINTURAS. Location: ALHAMBRA-PALACIO DE COMARES. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Relief Frieze 6th century Coptic A lion and leopard sprint toward the center of this wood lintel, while other animals sit peacefully. Peacocks of paradise guard a gemmed cross between billowing curtains, draped and held behind two columns. A continuous, decorative stem of vines, flowers, and bunches of grapes encircle the animals in six medallions, creating a motif known as rinceau. The original bright blues, pinks, and greens would have enlivened the decoration of the lintel. The artist merged classical motifs that would typically represent prosperity with Christian themes, possibly illustrating a biblical passage (Isaiah 11:6). During the Late Antique period, Christians aspired to a good life.. Relief Frieze 468528

SEGOVIA SANTA MARIA LA REAL DE NIEVA IGLESIA DE NUESTRTA SEÑORA DE LA SOTARREÑA CLAUSTRO DETALLE CAPITEL SEGADOR , AGRICULTURA.

Fragment of the marble stele (grave marker) of a hoplite (foot soldier). Greek, Attic, ca. 525-515 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. USA.

Wall detail, Juego de Pelota, Ball Court, Chichen Itza Archaeological Site, Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, Lumpeiisin huhhunut, 1894, patinated plaster relief, special category: relief, 24 cm x 16 cm, Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

Mallorca Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21530760

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Levassor monument". Terracotta, 1898. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Column, driving, French industrialist, ingenier, monument, terracotta, car, steering wheel

Relief of 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.

Lazio Viterbo Viterbo Sanctuary of S. Maria della Quercia7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Extensive coverage of Renaissance sanctuary's exterior, with emphasis on the church portals. Several views of bell tower. Interior views of nave and altar, aisles, ceiling and cupola, tabernacle containing the miraculous tile, paintings, sacristy, choir, holy water font. Views of main cloister and cistern. General Notes: Two sets of prints fused into single numerical sequence. 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.

Fireback coat of arms of Holland in Dutch garden, year 1670, VIGILANTE DEO COLA DENTE , hob plate cast iron, cast Rectangular presumably with bow at the top on which dolphins. Band decoration on the sides. In the middle weapon with lion and reinforcement the so-called 'garden' Around include armor Underneath cartouche with spell On both sides of the arch: 1670; at the bottom of cartouche: VIGILANTE DEO COLA DENTE (poorly readable) living environment interior heating

Oise, France Art of Trenches: Bas-relief , 1915 - Picardie - Stéphane Passet (French - Oise , France Art des tranchées : bas-relief). Sculpture, bas-relief, front, patriotism, entertainment in wartime, Art, First World War, entertainment, France , Bas relief

Iberians. Column with capital. Decorated with incised motifs (concentrics circles and double-headed axes). 2nd-1st century BC. Ahorcado Estate, Baeza, Andalusia, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Detailed recording from the Lutterbrunnen Bad Pyrmont Detailed recording from the Lutterbrunnen Bad Pyrmont

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, with bound reed bundle with heart, hearth fireplace component ceramics brick, baked Hearth probably of the Antwerp type with broader frame and larger format with the representation of bound reed bundle with heart and rounded scrolls building history heating

Frieze Fragment late 12th century Central Italian. Frieze Fragment 466351

ESCUDO MASCARON DE CASTILLA Y LEON. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPANIEN.

Lazio Roma Velletri Museo Civico di Velletri4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Marble tondo of the depositon, early christian sarcophagus. Antiquities: Roman;statue of Athena, male and female sculpture fragments- heads, torsos, marble cinerary urn; cippi with inscriptions inscriptions, altars, sarcofagi, sarcofagus with scenes of the feats of Herakles. Etruscan; votive objects, heads, legs feet, eyes, uterus, intestine , animals; bronze objects Architectural sculpture and fragments; relief of procession pottery fragments, lamps; brickstamps. Object Notes: The Museo Civico is housed in the Palazzo Comunale. There are two Hutzel photo campaign notes, one undated and the other November 9, 1985. 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 o

Relief plate made of Benin with a warrior relief plate made of Benin with warrior copyright: xzoonar.com/hgvorndranx 22076069

Zurita stele, 1st century BC. C., giant discoid Cantabrian stele, Zurita, municipality of Piélagos, Museum of prehistory and archeology (MUPAC), Santander, Cantabria, Spain.

Ancient Carvings Aztec Eagle Warriors Palace, Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico. Great Aztec Temple created from 1325 to 1521.

Relief depicting the Suicide of Ajax, Metope. 570-560 BC. From the Sanctuary of Hera Argiva. National Archaeological Museum of Paestum. Italy.

Plaque 5th-8th century. Plaque 449162

Relief depicting millers at work, from Ostia Antica, Italy, 2nd century A.D.

Hittite relief of an archer, Tell Halaf, Syria, c10th - 9th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Maya civilization, Mexico. Architrave 15 with relief depicting religious subject from Yaxchilan (Chiapas), 692-726 A.D.

Bas-relief sculpture depicting a pilgrim. Detail. Mid-15th century. Probably from the Church of Santo Domingo or the Church of Santo Tomas (La Coruna, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain.

PLACA CON CRUZ E INSCRIPCIONES-AÑO 913-PROC PALACIO DE ALFONSO III EL MAGNO-PIEDRA ARENISCA-83X82X16. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Stove plate with twice Maria with child, anonymous, c. 1525 - c. 1575 Stove plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. In the upper zone twice a performance by Maria with child, standing on a console. The top is closed with curly tendrils. The lower zone is completely decorated with curly tendrils. Germany iron (metal) casting Stove plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. In the upper zone twice a performance by Maria with child, standing on a console. The top is closed with curly tendrils. The lower zone is completely decorated with curly tendrils. Germany iron (metal) casting

Hittite rock carving, Turkey, Eurasia

Cylinder seal ca. 15th-13th century B.C. Mitanni. Cylinder seal. Mitanni. ca. 15th-13th century B.C.. Hematite. Mitanni. Syria or Cyprus

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