This is also called a bas-releif in which carved elements on a work are raised or lowered in a shallow depth of field. These are ususally elemnts that are not part of the main idea, only part of the composition.
from the tomb of Ti at Saqqarah
"Vase" from the tomb of Ti at Saqqarah, Summerian Culture
"Stele of Naramsin", Akkadian Culture
"Palette of Narmer", Early Dynastic Period Egypt
"Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt" Old Kingdom Egypt
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