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22 Cards in this Set
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apadana |
great audience hall |
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city-state |
independently ruled |
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cuneform |
wedge-shaped system of writing |
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cylinder seal |
cylinder piece of stone, decorated, rolled into clay, created on image |
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Inanna |
Venus |
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intaglio |
design is incised, the impression is like a relief |
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lammassu |
"Genie-guardian" man-headed bull |
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rhyton |
drinking vessel, base form of an animal |
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ziggurat |
rough pyramid platform |
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votive figurines |
images dedicated to the Gods |
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canon of proportion |
correct proportion |
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caryatid |
female figure that functions as a column |
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clerestary |
rises above the roof-sides have columns that are smarter creates a width where light comes in |
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fresco secco |
dry fresco painted on plaster |
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hieroglyphic writing |
writing using symbols and pictures |
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hypostyle hall |
hall with roofs supported by columns-similar to clerestory |
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ka |
soul |
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necropolis |
large burial area-city of the dead |
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pylon |
massive geometry w sloping walls |
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reserve column |
carved out of loving rock |
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mastaba |
low sloping sided tomb |
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In sutu |
something in its original location |
