Limestone Collection (page 5)

The Jews Wailing Place - Outer Wall of the Temple, Jerusalem, Palestine, c1930s. The Western Wall is is the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray. From " Tour of the World"

The Seven Arches, 1898. Creator: Unknown
The Seven Arches, 1898. The Seven Arches formation of limestone rocks forms a cavern eroded by the Atlantic Ocean in Donegal, Ireland. From " Our Own Country, Volume VI"

St. Gowans Head and Chapel, 1898. Creator: Unknown
St. Gowans Head and Chapel, 1898. Grade I listed St Govans Chapel at St Govans Head, Pembrokeshire Wales built into the side of a limestone cliff during 13th century

Two Offering Bearers, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Two Offering Bearers, c. 667-647 BC. Priests of unspecified rank bring different types of bread, a duck, and lotus flowers to the tomb. Sunken relief in the style of the later Old Kingdom

Two Boats with Female Mourners, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Two Boats with Female Mourners, c. 667-647 BC. This relief depicts part of the flotilla accompanying the funerary boat. The setting could be either the brief voyage across the Nile to the cemetery

Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese, c. 667-647 BC. Two priests of different rank bring offerings of live geese to be ritually killed for the tomb occupant

Priests Performing Funeral Rites, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Priests Performing Funeral Rites, c. 667-647 BC. Attendant pouring a libation for the deceased. In the style of the Old Kingdom

Section of a Coffin Platform: Horizontal Panel, 550-577. Creator: Unknown
Section of a Coffin Platform: Horizontal Panel, 550-577

Section of a Dharani Pillar, Tang dynasty (618-907). Creator: Unknown
Section of a Dharani Pillar, Tang dynasty (618-907). This octagonal stone pillar, with Buddhist figures carved on its eight sides

Section of a Coffin Platform: Dragon, 550-577. Creator: Unknown
Section of a Coffin Platform: Dragon, 550-577

Seated Scribe of Medthu, c. 1479-1425 BC. Creator: Unknown
Seated Scribe of Medthu, c. 1479-1425 BC

Marsh Scene with Cat and Birds, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Marsh Scene with Cat and Birds, c. 667-647 BC. In a great papyrus swamp a civet cat attacks a birds nest. Above are a hoopoe bird and a crane

Lintel of Neferi, 2311-2140 BC. Creator: Unknown
Lintel of Neferi, 2311-2140 BC

Lintel of Mereruka, c. 2350-2311 BC. Creator: Unknown
Lintel of Mereruka, c. 2350-2311 BC

Lintel of Enseperi, 2454-2311 BC. Creator: Unknown
Lintel of Enseperi, 2454-2311 BC

Spearing Fish, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Spearing Fish, c. 667-647 BC. The spearing of fish against a conventionalized background of water--a classic subject of the painted reliefs found in tombs of the Pyramid Age

Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress, c. 667-647 BC. Virtually a duplicate of 1951.280. In both reliefs Mentuemhat wears the robes of his office as a high priest of Amen

Men Trussing an Ox, 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Men Trussing an Ox, 667-647 BC. Several attendants are trussing an ox in preparation for its ritual slaughter, either as a food offering to the deceased or as part of the funerary feast

Mentuemhat as Priest with Staff and Scepter, c. 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Mentuemhat as Priest with Staff and Scepter, c. 667-647 BC. Mentuemhet in his robes as a priest of Amen and carrying the wand used to consecrate food offerings to the god

Men Bearing Tomb Equipment, 667-647 BC. Creator: Unknown
Men Bearing Tomb Equipment, 667-647 BC. Servants carry chests of personal possessions and funerary equipment to the tomb. The style suggests that this relief was copied from or based on one of

Keystone of an Arch: Female Bust within a Medallion Supported by Angels, 400s. Creator: Unknown
Keystone of an Arch: Female Bust within a Medallion Supported by Angels, 400s

False Door of Nykara, 2408-2341 BC. Creator: Unknown
False Door of Nykara, 2408-2341 BC. The focal point of the tomb chapel was a false door built into its western wall. Food offerings for the deceased tomb owners were placed in front of it

Hitching Post, 1200s. Creator: Unknown
Hitching Post, 1200s. Two powerful lions appear to guard the central hitching ledge to which travelers and merchants could secure their horses and other animals, possibly at a caravanserai

Panel with Royal Woman, c. 795. Creator: Unknown
Panel with Royal Woman, c. 795. In this panel, probably from a palace interior, the womans static posture contrasts with the liveliness of the creature she holds

Daniel in the Lions Den, c. 1125-1150. Creator: Unknown
Daniel in the Lions Den, c. 1125-1150. According to the Old Testament, Daniel was cast into a lions den as punishment for his belief in a single god

Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief), 692. Creator: Unknown
Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief), 692. In stone sculpture, Maya rulers celebrated the milestones of their reigns with flamboyant portraits like this image of a royal woman

The Rock of Gibraltar, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Rock of Gibraltar, 1890. A monolithic limestone promontory located in on the Starits of Gibraltar, with a system of underground passages, known as the Galleries or the Great Siege Tunnels

Tomb of Cyrus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Tomb of Cyrus, 1890. Lime stone tomb of Cyrus II (c600-530BC), founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire in his capital city of Pasargadae. A UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Sphinx, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Sphinx, 1890. The Great Sphinx, may have been built by during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre (c2558-2532 BC). From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

The Pyramids and Sphinx, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Pyramids and Sphinx, 1890. Giza Pyramid complex, built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom and the Great Sphinx believed to have been built by during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre

Building a Pyramid, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Building a Pyramid, 1890. Most Ancient Egyptian buildings were made of mud brick and limestone as readily available materials. Monumental buildings were made of post and lintel

Meadow Port Arches, Prospect Park, c1880s. Creator: Unknown
Meadow Port Arches, Prospect Park, c1880s. Meadowport Arch in Prospect Park, New York, USA, was built 1868-1870. It is a limestone folly with 100-foot tunnel. Stereocard

The Wall of the Wailing-Place, 1902. Creator: John Fulleylove
The Wall of the Wailing-Place, 1902. The Western Wall is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Wall is the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray

Cairo - The Sphinx, c1918-c1939. Creator: Unknown
Cairo - The Sphinx, c1918-c1939. From an album of postcards

Cairo - The Great Sphinx, c1918-c1939. Creator: Unknown
Cairo - The Great Sphinx, c1918-c1939. From an album of postcards

Cairo - Sphinx and Pyramids, c1918-c1939. Creator: Unknown
Cairo - Sphinx and Pyramids, c1918-c1939. From an album of postcards

Church of our Lady Keeper, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Church of our Lady Keeper, 1930. Notre-Dame de la Garde built on the foundations of an ancient fort at the highest natural point in Marseille

London Stone, 1897. Creator: Unknown
London Stone, 1897. Said to be the spot from which the Romans measured all distances in Britannia, the London Stone is an ancient oolite stone that was at one time set into the wall of St Swithins

32-40 Rue Marconi, Brussels, Belgium, (1901), c2014-c2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
32-40 Rue Marconi, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-c2017. Designed by Leon Govaerts: 1901. Social housing in limestone plaster and concrete with ironwork pedestrian gate in porch entrance flanked by

Filey Brigg, c1896. Artist: Frith & Co
Filey Brigg, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Tomb of Saint Narcissus. Sculpture in limestone and alabaster with traces of polychrome and blue and red glasses. Girona, 1326-1328

Tomb of Saint Narcissus. Front detail with Saint Narcissus saying Mass between warriors and an acolyte. Sculpture in limestone and alabaster with traces of polychrome and blue and red glasses

Stela in limestone, from the Oppidum of Pamplona

Stela carved in an ashlar made in limestone, from the Oppidum of Pamplona

Statue of Sir John Cutler, English merchant, philanthropist and politician, 17th century. Cutler was a supporter of the restoration of the monarchy in the person of King Charles II

Statue of King Charles II, 17th century. Artist: Artus Quellinus I
Statue of King Charles II, 17th century

Vitrifications, and other Volcanic productions, 1776
Vitrifications, and other Volcanic productions, Plate LII, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

Specimens of curious stones found by the Author on Mount Vesuvius, 1776
Specimens of curious stones found by the Author on Mount Vesuvius, Plate XXXXVIII, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

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