Das dritte und vierte Relief von Gundük

• Verfasst von: Aguilar, Juan [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Miglus, Peter A. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Das dritte und vierte Relief von Gundük
• Verf.angabe: Juan Aguilar, Peter A. Miglus
• Jahr: 2019
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
• Ort Quelle: Berlin : de Gruyter, 1939
• Jahr Quelle: 2019
• Band/Heft Quelle: 109(2019), 2, Seite 238-246
• ISSN Quelle: 1613-1150
• DOI: doi:10.1515/za-2019-0017
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: ger
• K10plus-PPN: 1687352356

Abstract

The Gundük rock relief ensemble in a cave located in the northern highlands of Iraq is probably the oldest known example of its kind in the Near East. First reported in the 19th century but never accurately documented, unfortunately two of the three known reliefs were intentionally damaged beyond repair in the decades to follow. This article presents a new art-historical analysis of the preserved third relief as well as a fourth previously unknown carving, based on recent photogrammetric capture. The images can be dated to the Early Dynastic III or Early Akkadian period with motifs, stylistic details and a composition obviously deriving from then-contemporaneous art in southern Mesopotamia.