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12. T: White Temple and its ziggurat A: Unknown D: c.3500-3000 BCE M: Mud brick P: Sumerian OL: Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq P: N/A F: unknown DT: Subtractive, stylized C: Built raised platform with four sloping sides, like a chopped off pyramid. The heart of theocratic political system |
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14. T: Statues of votive figures A: Unknown D: c. 2700 BCE M: Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone P: Sumerian OL: Square temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq) P: The god the figure was made for F: Unknown DT: Stylized, subtractive, stylized C: Were considered surrogates of their patrons for constant prayer. |
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16. T: Standard of Ur A: Unknown D: c. 2600-2400 BCE M: Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone P: Sumerian OL: Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq P: N/A F: Unknown DT: Abstract, Additive C: Two sided work of art, one side war and other peace. Narrative read from left to right bottom to top. Horses placed behind each other to suggest depth. Nude enemies to depict defeat and disbasement. |
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19. T: The Code of Hammurabi A: Unknown D: c. 1792-1750 BCE M: Basalt (Blackstone) P: Susian OL: Babylon (modern Iran) P: Hammurabi F: To tell the laws or codes of Babylon DT: Subtractive C: A systematic codification of his people's rights, duties, and punishments. Depicts legendary event and a historical document that records a conversation about justice between God and man. Written in cuneiform. The punishments depended on their social standings |
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25. T: Lamassu A: Unknown D: c. 720-705 BCE M: Alabaster P: Neo-Assyrian OL: Citadel of Sargon II, Due Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq) P: N/A F: Unknown DT: Subtractive, monolithic, relief sculpture both low and high, decorative C: When granted access a person would pass through a stone gate flanked by a large guardian figures the Lamassu. Combined bearded bead of a man, powerful body of a lion or bull, wings of an eagle and horned headdress of a god |
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30. T: Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes A: Unknown D: c. 520-465 BCE M: Limestone P: Persian OL: Persepolis, Iran P: Darius F: Unknown DT: Hypostyle C: Would walk up the stairs to see the king. Double sided with the fronts of bulls and front legs. Very dense. |
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