Shikaft-e Gulgul

Shikaft-e Gulgul is a rupestral site Assyrie N, located at Pusht-e Kuh, with the Luristan, in Iran. It consists of a relief carved in the rock, dating from the 7th century before J. - C., and allotted to Assarhaddon. The sovereign is capped with a tiara Assyrian, vêtu of a tunic letting only the feet appear, and carries earrings. He is armed with a sword carried to the belt, and with a held bludgeon of the left hand. The right-hand man is degraded, and seems to carry to the mouth an object. On both sides of the king, are represented divine symbols. They consist on the left of the full moon, seven planets, and a solar disk symbolizing Ishtar. With the right-hand side, a winged disc, and a tiara with horn are identified like symbols of Shamash and Assur. A degraded inscription is also visible.

Source

• Louis Vanden Berghe, rupestral Reliefs of old Iran , museum royal of art and history, Brussels, 1984,208pp.

See too

• Art of the rupestral relief in Iranian antiquity

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