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11 Cards in this Set
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WHITE TEMPLE AND ZIGGURAT
URUK |
3,200-3,000 BCE - SUMERIAN
URUK (MODEN WARKA) 40 ft TALL, TEMPLE ON TOP, REACH TOWARDS GODS => PORTRAYS THE IMPORTANCE OF THEOCRACY VISUALLY |
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FEMALE HEAD, INANNA?
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3,200-3,000 BCE - SUMERIAN
URUK MARBLE GODDESS, PRIESTESS? MISSING PRECIOUS MATERIALS IN EYEBROWS, EYES... |
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WARKA VASE
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3,200-3,000 BCE - SUMERIAN
URUK ALABASTER - OFFERING TO INANNA - MULTIPLE GROUND LINES => HIERARCHY - FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF INANNA; PEOPLE GIVING HER GIFTS |
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STANDARD OF UR
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2,600-2,400 BCE
WOOD, LAPIS LAZULI, SHELL, RED LIMESTONE WAR SIDE AND PEACE SIDE NARRATION |
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CYLINDER SEALS
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2,600-2,400 BCE
UR HIERARCHICAL SCALE =SIGNATURE, INDIVIDUALISTIC FOR THE WEALTHY ONLY BCAUSE IT'S CUSTOM MADE |
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AKKADIAN PORTRAITURE
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2,250-2,200 BCE
IRAQ COPPER - PORTRAIT OF SARGON-THE GREAT LEADER - MISSING PRECIOUS STONES IN THE EYES (~INANNA) - SEVERAL FACIAL FEATURES ARE DELIBERATELY DESTROYED => PUBLIC DEFACEMENT |
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VOTIVE DISK OF ENHEDUANNA
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2,300-2275 BCE
UR ALABASTER - ENHEDUANNA IS NANNA AND SARGON'S DAUGHTER - PRIESTES, POET => POWER AND TALENT - USE OF REGISTERS TO ORGANIZE SPACE - ONLY CARVED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISK - HER COSTUME "POPS" AMONG OTHERS' |
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NARAM-SIN STELE
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2,254-2,218 BCE
IRAN PINK SANDSTONE - HE'S SARGON'S GRANDSON - PLACED IN PUBLIC ARENA - VICTORY OVER LOWER EGYPT => HIGHER HIERARCHY (DIAGONAL REGISTER), CLOSER TO THE STARS, THE GODS (THE GODDESS OVERLOOKING FROM THE TOP REGISTER) |
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GREAT ZIGGURAT OF UR
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2,100 BCE, NEO-SUMERIAN
UR MUCH BIGGER THAN WHITE TEMPLE DECORATIVE VERTICAL LINES OUTSIDE BUILDING |
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SUSA STELE
LAWS OF HAMMURABI |
1,780 BCE, BABYLON
IRAN SHAMASH-THESUN GOD PASSING THE LAWS TO THE KING THE ROD AND RING THAT SYMBOLIZE AUTHORITY |
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ASSYRIAN ART
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- THE CITADEL OF SARGON II (IRAQ)
- LAMASSU, HUMAN-HEADED BULL, GUARDIAN - RELIEF: ASSYRIAN ARCHERS PURSUING ENEMIES |
