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18 Cards in this Set
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Venus of Willendorf |
Willendorf, Austria ca. 28,000 bce limestone 4 1/4" Now in Vienna -Paleolithic representation of women -Sculpture in the round -Sign of fertility -Hat or veil, no facial features |
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Venus of Laussel |
Laussel, France ca. 25,000 bce limestone 1'6" Now in Bordeaux -Sculpture relief -Holds a bison horn; mother nature; power -Left hand correlates to fertility -Traces of ochre |
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Hall of Bulls: Lascaux |
Lascaux, France ca. 16,000 bce cave, remains -Largest bull 11'6" -Vary in size and direction -Possibly used for magic rather than hunting |
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Warka Vase |
Iraq ca. 3,000 bce alabaster 3'1/4" Now in Baghdad -Missing gold bands -Water, crops, peasants, ruler -Used to hold libations |
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Head of Inanna |
Uruk, Iraq ca. 3,000 bce marble 8" Now in Baghdad -Goddess of Inanna: love and war -Missing stone eyes, wig, gold leaf -Imported marble at great costs |
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Palette of King Narmer |
Predynastic Egypt ca. 3,000 bce slate 2'1" Now in Cairo -Unification of upper and lower kingdoms -Wears crown of lower kingdom -Goddess of Hathor: Divine Mother -God of Horus (falcon) |
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Prayer Statuettes of Tel Asmer |
Temple at Iraq ca. 2700 bce man: 2'4 1/4" woman 1'11 1/4" Now in Baghdad -Cups to pour/consume libations with -Eyes symbolize perpetual wakefullness in prayer |
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Standard of Ur |
Iraq ca. 2600 bce wood, lapis, shell, red limestone Now in London -Military standard used in procession -Wheels, horses, weapons on war side -Military uniforms, enemies -Peace side: bringing of gifts to god/priest |
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Stonehenge |
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England ca. 2550 bce 97' diameter 24' trilithons 50 tons -Sun rises at heel stone during summer solstice -Solar calendar -Rituals for religion |
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Seated Scribe |
Egypt ca. 2500 bce painted limestone 1'9" Now in Louvre -Sculpted to show intelligence |
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Menkaure & Queen Khamereneby |
Egypt ca. 2490 bce graywacke 4'6 1/2" Now in Boston -Married couple -High relief -Substitute for the ka |
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Steele of Narim Sin |
Susa, Iran ca. 2254 bce pink sandstone 6'7" Now in Louvre -Commemorates win of Narim Sin over Lullabi -Leader on mountain, army following suite |
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Law Code of Hammurabi |
Iran ca. 1780 bce basalt 7'4" Now in Louvre -Steele recording Hammurabi's laws -Flame-shouldered sun god extending tools of authority and architecture/measuring |
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Relief of Akhenaton & Nefertiti & Children |
Egypt ca. 1353 limestone 1'1/4" Now in Berlin -Insight to royal family -Informal/rare -3 Daughters |
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Coffin of Tutankhamen |
Egypt ca. 1333 bce wood 1'8" Now in Cairo -"In this representation of Tutenkhamen triumphing over the Asian enemies, the artist contrasted the orderly registers of Egyptian chariots with the chaotic pile of foreign soldiers who fall before the king" |
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Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer |
Egypt ca. 1300 bce painted papyrus 1'6" Now in London -Depicts weighing of Hunefer's heart against Maat's father before deceased can be presented to Osirus, god of Underworld |
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Lamassu |
Khorsabad, Iraq ca. 720 bce limestone 13'10" Now in Louvre -Guarded Assynian palace -Head of man, winged bull -Apotropaic= warding off people -Bull=Power/strength |
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Ishtar Gate |
Babylon, Iraq ca. 575 bce blue-glazed brick Now in Berlin -Glazed brick reliefs of dragons and bulls -In front of the most important places |
