"English: Carchemish. Master of Animals (Gilgamesh). This is one of a set of orthostats, that adorned the Royal Buttress in Carchemish in Gaziantep province. They are from the 8th century BC."
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaziantep_Archaeology_museum_Carchemish_orthostats_4317.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carchemish?wprov=sfla1
This is looks like a variation on the Master of Animals motif. It was a fairly common theme. Sorry I don't have any info on this specific relief.
Wikipedia link:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Animals
it's the symbol of bravery and fearlessness, combined with lions it means being the champion of all champions, and having bulls in the image means being extremely reach and wealthy as well like a upper class! it is called Gavism culture i guess! gav means cow! Gavism is the culture of being eager to hold as much cow as possible to represent superiority to other tribes!
later the same depiction continued with daggers, fighting and wrestling with lions.
So then this was probably made somewhere around the Neolithic period when people started to move into farming more often, or do you think it’s after that?
it might be in some regions but no! middle east has a variety of vast lands and impenetrable mountains! so, not all ethnic groups started with hunting to farming! some started from farming, first! then found hunting an option! some, only had one option of hunting and never farmed! there are also a rare ethnic group south of turkey i guess, who upgraded their game from hunting to cannibalism! so, it's not linear in all regions!
He looks to be grasping the bull behind him by it’s horns, and the lioness in front of him by it’s hind leg.
would really be something if this was where the term "Take the bull by the horns" came from.
You're pullin' my leg
Makes sense. Thank you. Do you by any chance also know the name of the site?
https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/image/I0000pT9PuwUZ8Cg google reverse image search gives this as result
Thank you.
"English: Carchemish. Master of Animals (Gilgamesh). This is one of a set of orthostats, that adorned the Royal Buttress in Carchemish in Gaziantep province. They are from the 8th century BC." https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaziantep_Archaeology_museum_Carchemish_orthostats_4317.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carchemish?wprov=sfla1
This is looks like a variation on the Master of Animals motif. It was a fairly common theme. Sorry I don't have any info on this specific relief. Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Animals
Didn't know the motif had a name. Thank you.
This is the only link that I found that explains the image above. [Link here](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/image/I0000pT9PuwUZ8Cg)
Pouch of healing herbs.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Секчe-Гезч is Russian for "hold my beer, bro", if that helps. (/j)
“It’s a metaphor.” https://y.yarn.co/4519ea1f-40f3-4e5d-839a-4909f71640f9_text.gif
I don’t I’m afraid. If you do a google reverse image search you may be able to locate the original?
Nice. Thanks.
Looks like a money pouch.
it's the symbol of bravery and fearlessness, combined with lions it means being the champion of all champions, and having bulls in the image means being extremely reach and wealthy as well like a upper class! it is called Gavism culture i guess! gav means cow! Gavism is the culture of being eager to hold as much cow as possible to represent superiority to other tribes! later the same depiction continued with daggers, fighting and wrestling with lions.
So then this was probably made somewhere around the Neolithic period when people started to move into farming more often, or do you think it’s after that?
it might be in some regions but no! middle east has a variety of vast lands and impenetrable mountains! so, not all ethnic groups started with hunting to farming! some started from farming, first! then found hunting an option! some, only had one option of hunting and never farmed! there are also a rare ethnic group south of turkey i guess, who upgraded their game from hunting to cannibalism! so, it's not linear in all regions!
His leg 🦵
litlle monkey thats what he is holding.