12 Items Tagged "Gilgamesh"

Supporting image for Gilgamesh relief

This photo shows the tablet with the Gilgamesh flood myth on it. It is one out of many tablets about the epic of Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh between two Bulls holding a winged Sundisk

The subject matter of the work is Gilgamesh between two bulls holding a winged sun disk. It is a stone relief with many organic lines and linear lines…

details for Gilgamesh

This is more detail about Gilgamesh between two bull men

Humbaba Being Killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu

I chose this image as it is one of the other many depictions that were tied together to create the Epic of Gilgamesh. It belongs to the Museum…

King Gilgamesh Between Two Bull-Men

King Gilgamesh Holding Winged Sun Disc with Two Bull-men This piece, currently residing in the Aleppo Archaeological Museum, in Aleppo, Syria, is a relief carving of Gilgamesh, King…

Gilgamesh defeating Gugalanna

This is an image of Gilgamesh defeating Gugalanna the Bull of Heaven. This image gives the viewer a sense that Gilgamesh is man of superhuman strength, able to…

The epic of Gilgamesh

This is a supportive image for the character of Gilgamesh. Throughout the many depictions of Gilgamesh bulls are present. In the epic of Gilgamesh the bull of heaven…

Gilgamesh and his Bull Men

This is a representation of Gilgamesh with the Bull men he defeated, by his side.

Gilgamesh and the Winged Sun

This relief is currently found in the Aleppo Museum in Syria due to a lack of information this image will go through a deconstruction into two sections sections:…

Relief Depicting Gilgamesh Between Two Bull-Men Supporting a Winged Sun Disk

This relief is depicting Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, between two bull-men supporting a winged sun disk. The depiction from Syro-Hittite stele is dated to approximately the 8th…

Gilgamesh and two Bull-Men

This piece is a stone relief, meaning it would be challenging to replicate in different mediums. Due to its three dimensional nature , the figures cast a slight…

Supporting image for Gilgamesh relief

This picture allows you to see the full stone relief of Gilgamesh and the two bull-men holding the winged sun disk.