Ancient Terracotta Reliefs

A collection of ancient terracotta molds and stele featuring intricate designs, including mythical creatures and human figures, showcasing historical craftsmanship.

Assyrian Stele From Tell Asmar Ancient Near East Aleppo Museum, Aleppo, Syria

Roman Hispania. Mining. Funerary stela, erected in memory of Quarulus, shown here with basket for carrying ore and a pick. Died at the age of 4. 1st century. Jaen. Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

The tribute of the Chaldeans.. Birch, Samuel (1813-1885). Photographs, Illustrations. 1880 - 1902. General Research Division. Gates , Assyria, Bas-reliefs , Assyria, Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, active 9th century B.C. , Palaces

Sarcophagus of Usermontu ca. 1279-1213 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside This anthropoid sarcophagus belonged to Usermontu, High Priest of Montu and Priest of Amun during the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II. A large sarcophagus of black granite was found inside his tomb in the Theban necropolis; presumably, this pink granite sarcophagus lay inside the larger one. This is an unusual object, as it was rare for private individuals in the New Kingdom to have stone sarcophagi. Here Usermontu wears a long striated wig bound with a floral fillet and the long curved beard of divinity. His crossed hands hold a djed pillar, the symbol of stability associated with the god Osiris, and a tit amulet, invoking protection and sacred to Osiris's sister-wife Isis. Across Usermontu's chest is a broad festival collar. The inscriptions on the exterior are utterances of the protective funerary deities depicted on the sides: Thoth, Anubis and the Four Sons of Horus. On the interior, spells are inscribed fo

Plaque with Standing Yakshi 1st century B.C. India (West Bengal). Plaque with Standing Yakshi 40098

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Italian 16th Century, The Triumph of Flora, mid 16th century The Triumph of Flora

Mold of the Torso and Head of a Frontal Seated Female Wearing a Polos. Unknown

Stamp-cylinder seal with cultic scene ca. 8th century B.C. Assyro-Babylonian. Stamp-cylinder seal with cultic scene. Assyro-Babylonian. ca. 8th century B.C.. Banded red and beige Siltstone. Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian. Mesopotamia

Plaque with King on Horseback. Iran, probably Chal Tarkhan-Ishqabad, late 7th-early 8th century/circa 1st-2nd century A.H.. Stucco. Stucco, molded in relief

Fragment of Gothic Stone Crocket, 1200s - 1300s. France, 13th-14th century. Stone; overall: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.).

Terracotta relief plaque with head of Medusa 2nd century B.C. Greek Intact. No color remains.. Terracotta relief plaque with head of Medusa 246740

Block of relief. Dynasty: Dynasty 12. Reign: reign of Amenemhat I. Date: ca. 1981-1952 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mold of the Back of Herakles. Unknown

Figure of Nandi (humped bull), Shiva's gatekeeper. Deccan Plateau, India. Around 1500 AD. Carved granite. British Museum, London.

Raised relief fragment 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Raised relief fragment. 664-610 B.C.. Limestone, varnish. Late Period, Saite. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), 1st chamber N. door, MMA excavations, 1922-23. Dynasty 26

Tile. Tile with a multi-colored (blue, purple and yellow) being, half man and half lion to the right of a vase.

Basement and pilaster of port meat hall, woman with collar and hat, basement pilaster building component sandstone stone, (circa) meat house meat hall Rotterdam City Triangle Botersloot St. Bartholomeus Originating from the Vleeshal on the Botersloot.

'The Story of Saint Hubert'. France, 15th century. Dimensions: 82x38 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

CAPITEL. Nº INV. 26. MUSULMAN. (EXPOSICION :ARTE ISLAMICO ESPAÑOL)(DEPOSITO: MUSEO DE SANTA CRUZ).

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Capital with Acanthus and Crosses, 400s. Byzantium, Northern Syria, Byzantine period, 5th century. Limestone; overall: 53.4 x 75 x 76.2 cm (21 x 29 1/2 x 30 in.).

Bliżej Kultury Władysław Jagiełło (CA 1351 1434)

Boundary-marker with Oscan inscription. Used to mark the confines of sacred area. Decorated with reliefs depicting helmeted goddess Athena and a boar. Terracotta. 300-100 BC. From a tomb near Capua. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Cylinder seal and modern impression: female figure seated on a platform with "pigtailed ladies" and pots ca. 3300-2900 B.C. Although engraved stones had been used as early as the seventh millennium B.C. to stamp impressions in clay, the invention in the fourth millennium B.C. of carved cylinders that could be rolled over clay allowed the development of more complex seal designs. These cylinder seals, first used in Mesopotamia, served as a mark of ownership or identification. Seals were either impressed on lumps of clay that were used to close jars, doors, and baskets, or they were rolled onto clay tablets that recorded information about commercial or legal transactions. The seals were often made of precious stones. Protective properties may have been ascribed to both the material itself and the carved designs. Seals are important to the study of ancient Near Eastern art because many examples survive from every period and can, therefore, help to define chronological phases. Often preser

Marble relief of a chisel and mallet 2nd century A.D. Roman The relief, probably votive in purpose, depicts a metal chisel and a wooden mallet, the basic tools of the ancient stone cutter.. Marble relief of a chisel and mallet. Roman. 2nd century A.D.. Marble-Italian . Stone Sculpture

Terracotta appliqué 4th century B.C. Greek, South Italian, Tarentine The applique, an openwork composition in fairly high relief, belongs to a category of gilded terracottas that adorned Tarentine funerary furniture. A griffin springs towards the right, clawing at the head of a horse that collapses, facing left.. Terracotta appliqué. Greek, South Italian, Tarentine. 4th century B.C.. Terracotta. Late Classical. Terracottas

The ancient murals

Rostro de Ocelote. Museo Nacional de antropologia. Estado de Mexico D.F.Mexico.

Fragments depicting a group of foreigners including a child ca. 1961-1917 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Fragments depicting a group of foreigners including a child 545475

Inscribed limestone plinth of a statue of Zeus 2nd or 3rd century A.D. Roman, Cypriot With two feet; dedication to Zeus Labranios, by Demetris.. Inscribed limestone plinth of a statue of Zeus 241957

Corbel with Busts of Angels. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 19 3/4 x 20 1/4in. (33 x 50.2 x 51.4cm). Date: 1430-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Wedjat Eye Incision Plaque ca. 1000-945 B.C. Third Intermediate Period. Wedjat Eye Incision Plaque 548253

Double Capital. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 22 x 18 x 14 in. (55.9 x 45.7 x 35.6 cm). Date: late 13th or early 14th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Plaques showing Nergel, king of the Netherworld and god of war, death and plagues, alongside a plaque depicting a goddess in the middle of two gods. From Mesopotamia and Mari (Tell Hariri, Syria) respectively. From the 2nd millennium BC.

Sheet-bronze Arnoaldi Situla, from Bologna excavations, detail with armed warriors

TINAJA DE CERAMICA DECORADA (Nº INV. 1168), EN EL MUSEO DE SANTA CRUZ. MUDEJAR, ANDALUSI.

Sandstein-Stele Sandstone stela, I a.C., oppidum de Berreaga, Arkeologi Museoa, museo aqueologico, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Pais Vasco, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22845403

Culture Thrace. Marble funerary relief depicting a thracian horseman. Dated in the second and third centuries A.D. It comes from Macedonia. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary.

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. Rock carvings of ancient South Arabian script, known as Al-Ahsa script. (Editorial Use Only)

Greek capital of a column with a Caryatid, between the foreparts of winged bulls (one bull's head is missing. From the Agora of Satamis, Cyprus About 350 BC

FUGA DE ULISES DEBAJO DE UNA OVEJA. Location: PALAZZO / GALERIA DORIA PAMPHILI. Rome. ITALIA. ULISES. ODISEO.

Sumerian door pivot stone. South Mesopotamia. Telloh (Girsu) 1st city States. Early Dynasties Girsu. C. 2700 BC. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

Vase fragment Roman, Gaul Satyr, facing forward with a cloaked arm, holding a crater.. Vase fragment. Roman, Gaul. Terracotta. Vases

Relief from a funerary monument depicting fight between two provocatores, gladiators in ancient Rome, 30 BC

Greek Art. Base of funerary Kouros. Four-horse chariot and hoplites. 510-500 BC. Relief. Found in the Kerameikos, built into the Themistokleian wall. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Milestone, I BC, Calahorra, Museum of Romanization, Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain, Europe.

Fragment of a Painted Panel. Date/Period: Ca. 520 - 510 B.ca. Panel. Terracotta. Height: 193 mm (7.59 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Benin Bronze metal plaque that decorated the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom in modern-day Nigeria. the plaques form the best known examples of Benin art, created by the Edo people from the thirteenth century

Bronze mitra (belly guard) Greek, Cretan late 7th century BCE These three mitrai were found on Crete with the two helmets exhibited above. They were suspended from belts to protect the lower abdomen. One, with a depiction of the foreparts of horses, is inscribed "Synenitos, the son of Euklotas, took this." Another, with the foreparts of winged horses, is inscribed "Aisonidas, the son of Kloridios, took this." The third mitra is decorated with two sphinxes. Such heraldic representations of fantastic animals were derived from Near Eastern prototypes. View more. Bronze mitra (belly guard). Greek, Cretan. late 7th century BCE. Bronze. Archaic. Bronzes

Image of lead glaze earthenware, anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1500 Image of lead glaze earthenware. The statue represents a niche with a late-gothic double-poured arch with thistle crown, against which two shield holders in the tympanum: a wild man and a warrior. Germany (possibly) earthenware. lead glaze Image of lead glaze earthenware. The statue represents a niche with a late-gothic double-poured arch with thistle crown, against which two shield holders in the tympanum: a wild man and a warrior. Germany (possibly) earthenware. lead glaze

Olympia - Sphinx , Antiquities, Sculpture, Sphinxes. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Altar of Duke Ratchis. 740s. Deatil of the frontal. Lomardian romanesque. Ostrogothic or Lombardian art. Relief on marble. ITALY. FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA. UDINE. Cividale del Friuli. Duomo's Christian Museum.

Anonymous (France). Sarcophagus foot panel, two concentric circles and double starred pattern. Plaster, Merovingian. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 58445-14 Concentric circle, Merovingian, Merovingian, Star Reading, Panel, Platre, Sarcophagus, Archeological Vestige

Occitanie, Louron valley, Vielle-Louron village, France, Europe

Statuette 18th century or earlier China. Statuette 61645

Lazio Roma Albano Laziale Museo Civico Archeologico55. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, exterior (neoclassical); wall panels and painted ceiling Antiquities: Roman inscriptions, relief, sculpture, sarcophagi, brickstamps on bi-pedale fragments, cippi Object Notes: Bibliographic material housed in Center Library 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.

cervico-dorsal lines representing a name, paleolithic furniture art, Pielagos, Museum of prehistory and archeology (MUPAC), Santander, Cantabria, Spain.

Engaged Capital. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 11 5/8 x 9 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (29.5 x 24.8 x 44.5 cm). Date: late 12th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fresco Fragment. Unknown

Cernunnos, Celtic horned god, Gallo-Roman relief, Reims, France. Artist: Unknown

Varaha with engravings of human figures all over body made in 10th century AD., district Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

HUEVO DE AVESTRUZ DECORADO (AJUAR PUNICO). DEPOSITO: MUSEO DE PUIG DES MOLINS.

Portrait of Antoninus Pius and Marek Aurelius

Assyrian soldier removing a statue of a god from a temple in an enemy city, Ninieveh, South-West Palace, 704-681 b.C., Archaeological Museum, Castello di Udine, Udine, most important historical city of Friuli, Italy, Udine, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Greco-Persian gem with a scene of a Persian warrior triumphing over a Greek one. nieznany warsztat w Sardes, workshop

Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf, son of 'Abdallah, son of Yusuf, son of Abu'l-Fath. 5 sha'ban 595 AH/ 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. 76x42x20 cm. al-Ma'la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda. Saudi Arabia.

Marble relief fragment depicting athletic prizes. Roman. Mid-Imperial, Antonine, 2nd century AD. Amphora of olive form the Panathenaic games at Athens, a Shiels from the games at Argos, and two wreaths (of pine and celery) from the Panhellenic games at Isthmia and Nemea respectively. Metropolitan Museum. NY. USA.

Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut) ca. 1479-1458 B.C. New Kingdom. Scarab Inscribed Lord of the Two Lands Maatkare (Hatshepsut). ca. 1479-1458 B.C.. Steatite (glazed). New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 9 (I), MMA excavations, 1926-27. Dynasty 18, early

Anthropomorphic stone stelae or statue menhirs, located in Yamna secondary graves. Yamna Culture. Late Copper Age - Early Bronze Age. 36th-23rd centuries BC. Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine.

Stele from the Sanctuary of Zeus Melchios, Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas, Collection of Etruscan, Roman, Egyptian and Greek Works, Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Sculpted head of a boar, Found in the Roman Baths. A symbol of the 20th Legion, they are believed to have been involved in building the baths. 1st-3rd century AD.

Turkey. Miletus. Ancient Greek city of coast of Anatolia. Relief of god Triton, messenger of the sea. Harbor Monument.

Ołtarz nagrobny Lucjusza Terencjusza Tarpiusza i Mucji Polli z inskrypcją łacińską. warsztat rzymski, workshop

Stone ara consecrated to the goddess Minerva. Dedicated by Marius Gamicus. 2nd century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Tarragona. Spain.

A pater of the jewish synagogue. Funerary inscription of Salo (3rd century AD). Catacombs of Monteverde. Rome. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Relief plaque with two swallows, opposite side two quail chicks 400-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period Small Late Period and Ptolemaic reliefs or sculptures that depict a subject in a partial or unfinished way but are themselves finished objects constitute a special class of object. Guidelines like those for artists are often prominently exhibited as part of the object, although, in fact, many instances can be noted where the object simply could not serve as a suitable model for a traditional formal Egyptian representation. Personifications of kingship, figures that may represent the now emerging demigods Imhotep and Amenhotep Son of Hapu, and popular gods like Harpokrates or Isis, are heavily represented within the corpus. Taken together, the figures represented and the other features indicate the reliefs and sculptures of this class, sometimes called by Egyptologists "sculptors models / votives," were the material of a donation practice, perhaps connected with the prolific temple

Grecka inskrypcja dedykacyjna na bazie posągu. unknown, author

Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Vermilion Bird, 100-1 BC. China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shanxi province, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Earthenware with impressed relief decoration; overall: 12.1 x 18.4 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.). Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife. Four earthenware panels were made in molds and then joined together to make a miniature model of a stove, which was placed in a burial chamber. The stove's four sides show the animals of the cardinal directions. The vermilion phoenix-bird faces south.

Inscription 'Atpomarus' with relief depicting wild boar hunt, detail, from Vienna, Roman civilization

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