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13 Cards in this Set
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White Temple and Ziggurat
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Location: Uruk (Sumerian)
Time Period: 3200 BC ===== -Earliest temple remains, predates the Pyramids of Giza by 700 years -40 ft above street level, stairs led to the top -Used to worship the sky god, Anu -Not meant for the masses, more for priests -Small chambers, divinities on a small alter -Cella |
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Female Head
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Location: Uruk (Sumerian)
Time Period: 3200 BC Medium: Marble ===== -Marble was a luxury item -Found in temple precinct devoted to Inanna, goddess of love and war |
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Warka Vase
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Location: Uruk (Sumerian)
Time Period: 3200 BC Medium: Alabaster ===== -The first narrative relief sculpture -Attempt at coherent story -Bands= freeze or register -Bottom band - Ewes and rams -Middle band – men offering votive gifts -Top band – Female with headdress, possibly priestess, the most important figure -Museum of Baghdad looted, and the Warka Vase was damaged irreparably |
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Statuettes of Worshippers
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Location: Temple of Eshnunna, Iraq (Sumerian)
Time Period: 3200 BC ===== -Found in a cache beneath the temple -The statuettes represent mortals -Men wear tunics, women wear longer tunics -Exaggerated eyes could mean attentive |
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Standard of Ur
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Location: Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq (Sumerian)
Time Period: 2600 BC Medium: Wood w/ Lapis inlay ===== -Box with sloping sides -Many registers/freezes -War side and Peace side -The first depiction of a standing army |
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Soundbox of the Lyre
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Location: Royal Cemetery, Ur (Sumerian)
Time Period: 2600 BC Medium: Wood ===== -Bull head on the front -Depicted on the standard of Ur -Registers of composite creatures doing human tasks -Heraldic composition / No inscriptions -First evidence of animals doing human activities |
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Banquet Scene Cylinder Seal
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Location: Royal Cemetery, Ur (Sumerian)
Time Period: 2600 BC Medium: Stone ===== -2in. stone cylinder -Banquet scene -Leaves a raised impression, used as signatures, often names. -Ownership is shown, usually worn by the owner |
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Victory Stele of Naram Sin
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Location: Susa, Iran (Akkadian)
Time Period: 2254BC Medium: Pink Sandstone ===== -Commemorates the defeat of the Lulabi people -Composite view, landscape -Shows the horned helmet of divinity, the 1st king to claim divinity |
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Stele with Code of Hammurabi
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Location: Iran (Babylonian)
Time Period: 1780 BC Medium: Black Basalt ===== -Taken as war booty -Work of Art + Historical Document -Became the basis of Roman law -Written in Kunaya form -Hammurabi and Shamush depicted on top, god on the right, Shamush offers a rod and a ring. -Contained 282 laws, 3500 lines of text -Different punishments for crimes dependent on social class |
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Lamassu
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Location: Citadel of Sargon II, Iraq (Assyrian)
Time Period: 720-705 BC Medium: Limestone ===== -Protective deity, come in pairs -Often shown as winged bull/lion with human head -Apotropaic -Double aspect |
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Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
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Location: Nineveh, Iraq (Assyrian)
Time Period: 645-640 BC ===== -Wall Series -The earliest panel cycle relief narrative -Low relief, brightly painted, highly detailed -Heart wrenching images of animals, the images were used to convey the power of the ruler. -Not intended to produce empathy, underscores the ability of the ruler |
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Ishtar Gate
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Location: Babylon, Iraq (Babylonian)
Time Period: 575 BC ===== -45ft tall -Central gate to Babylon -Ishtar = God of Love and War -Large central arch, crenellation, molded bricks -Covered with images of animals |
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Persepolis & Processional Frieze
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Location: Royal Audience Hall, Iran (Persian)
Time Period: 521-465 BC ===== -Large plateaus -Alexander the Great destroyed it -Apadana -Highly detailed / Influences by Egyptian, Assyrian and Greek -Shows an exchange of art through the Mediterranean |
