26 Items Categorized "Group 5" (page 2 of 3)
Since the beginning of documented Roman history, the god, Janus, has been a major deity in ancient culture. Traditionally Janus is shown with two faces or heads that…
This piece is called a bell krater and it is made out of terracotta. It is painted in the attic red-figure style and is attributed to Polion, an…
This piece proved to be rather difficult to research with no given context. Our group has discovered that it is a mural in the Tomb of Nefertari, dated…
This is a pectoral of a winged scarab that belonged to King Tut. Howard Carter discovered the scarab in the tomb of Tutankhamen, in 1992. The piece is…
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…
I found this image to connect to the Kneeling Bull as they are similar in scale, medium, and origination. While the Kneeling Bull had been constructed of silver,…
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…
This is a supporting image of the “Kneeling Bull Holding a Spouted Vessel.” Just like the figure mentioned before hand, this drinking vessel resembles a very realistic bull….
This is a supporting picture of the relief of Gilgamesh. This relief was carved out of limestone, similar to that of the Gilgamesh tablet. There is great detail…
This Silver Scultpture of a Mountain Goat with a golden head is one of many sculptures dsicovered from Susa, Iran during the proto-elamite period that are detailed with…