Seated Gudea as Ensi (governor) of Lagash; cuneiform inscriptions on his garment identify him as builder (or refurbisher) of temples, ca. 2150-2100 B.C.E.
Seated Gudea as Ensi (governor) of Lagash; cuneiform inscriptions on his garment identify him as builder (or refurbisher) of temples, ca. 2150-2100 B.C.E.
Seated Gudea as Ensi (governor) of Lagash; detail showing cuneiform inscriptions on garment, identifying subject as “The man who built the temple,” ca. 2150-2100 B.C.E.
Seated woman (Phileia, probably the wife of the donor), far Left figure [frontal view] from the “Geneleos Family Group,” dedicatory sculptural ensemble by the sculptor Geneleos, from the Heraion at Samos, ca. 560 B.C.
Seated woman (Phileia, probably the wife of the donor), far Left figure [Left three-quarter view] from the “Geneleos Family Group,” dedicatory sculptural ensemble by the sculptor Geneleos, from the Heraion at Samos, ca. 560 B.C.
Shiva Nataraja in nadanta (dance of bliss): detail of base showing Shiva’s foot treading on the dwarf Apasmara (Muyalaka), representing ignorance, 11th century
Shiva Nataraja in nadanta (dance of bliss): detail of base showing Shiva’s foot treading on the dwarf Apasmara (Muyalaka), representing ignorance, 11th century
Siege of Lachich (Judah): a city defender falls to his death from the battlements, detail [R.] of relief from SW. Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
Siege of Lachich (Judah): amphibious troops use inflated animal skins to cross a river teeming with fish, detail of relief from SW. Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
Siege of Lachich (Judah): the city defenders hard pressed by the Assyrian attackers, detail [L.] of relief from SW. Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
Siege of Lachich (Judah): the city defenders hard pressed by the Assyrian attackers, detail [L.] of relief from SW. Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
Siege of Lachish (Judah): [L] Captives led away from the city; [R] the Assyrian assault on the city walls, relief from the SW. Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (Kuyunjik), ca. 701 B.C.
Soldier blowing cornu (curved trumpet); relief fragment, perhaps from funerary monument (or sacrificial scene?), ca. late Republican period (1st century B.C.)
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; detail of roundel from the “Biblia Pauperum” (I) window, north aisle of the choir, Canterbury Cathedral, ca. late 12th century
