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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…
Silver Beaker This silver drinking cup had a bowl-like lower portion with a central raised button and flared upper half. The beaker’s neck was decorated in gold leaf…
Image of Wheat heads is identical to the wheat pattern used to resemble the feathers on Nisroch’s wings. Since he was the god of agriculture it only made…
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…
fine workmanship, the bulls and palm tree are done in repousse with a guilloche pattern on the rim
This image is a depiction of what standard wealthy men wore. The fabric used to make these “toga-like” garments/robes was linen and later on soft cotton was introduced….
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,…
This is a supporting image on “Nisroch”.It’s a Cylinder Seal from the Uruk period depicting the ruler who may have been called “en”. En is playing the role…
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 piece of artwork called Lamassu. Lamassu is an Assyrian protective deity who have a human’s head, a body of a lion or an ox and bird’s wings….