Extended Response I
Part I. Compare and Contrast the Palace of Zimrilim at Mari with the Temple of Amon at Karnak. Consider materials, plan, decoration, and contents (as far as you know them). These structures obviously served very different purposes. How were their layouts / plans suited to the purposes they served? Please don't quote me or Stokstad & don't cut & paste. Gather the information, consider it, and then write your answer in your own words. Two or three paragraphs is plenty and you don't need an introduction. Keep your sentences simple, short and clear.
The Palace of Zimrilim at Mari was a grand structure, with designated areas for kitchen, storage, bath, private residence, guest rooms, and more. The Palace was not geometrical in …show more content…
in Uruk and Susa.
Question 2
1. Describe what is represented in the paintings
The painting is stylized, with an abstract human figure and patterns that reflect on both side appearing almost symmetrical.
2. In what type of context was this object probably originally found?
This objects was probably found in a Susa burial and could be used to carry water and transported from the Mesopotamian river.
3. What period does it belong to & what are the dates of that period?
It belonged in the Early Dynasty during the 4th and 3rd millennia B.C.E.
4. Compare it to an object from one of the lectures - include where that object was found
The tomb of Tutankhamun is also stylized but all the figures can be seen and recognized, the panel depicted battle with the Nubians. There are patterns on all sides, but the color schemes of the tomb are monochrome similar to the object found in Susa.
Tukankhamun’s tomb is from the 14th century B.C.E.
Question 3 1. What type of object is this and what is this technique of carving called?
This object is a relief sculpture of a god and the king. The object was created through the technique of sunk relief.
2. Describe the scene in the middle - what is the head gear of the right-hand figure
Part I. Compare and Contrast the Palace of Zimrilim at Mari with the Temple of Amon at Karnak. Consider materials, plan, decoration, and contents (as far as you know them). These structures obviously served very different purposes. How were their layouts / plans suited to the purposes they served? Please don't quote me or Stokstad & don't cut & paste. Gather the information, consider it, and then write your answer in your own words. Two or three paragraphs is plenty and you don't need an introduction. Keep your sentences simple, short and clear.
The Palace of Zimrilim at Mari was a grand structure, with designated areas for kitchen, storage, bath, private residence, guest rooms, and more. The Palace was not geometrical in …show more content…
in Uruk and Susa.
Question 2
1. Describe what is represented in the paintings
The painting is stylized, with an abstract human figure and patterns that reflect on both side appearing almost symmetrical.
2. In what type of context was this object probably originally found?
This objects was probably found in a Susa burial and could be used to carry water and transported from the Mesopotamian river.
3. What period does it belong to & what are the dates of that period?
It belonged in the Early Dynasty during the 4th and 3rd millennia B.C.E.
4. Compare it to an object from one of the lectures - include where that object was found
The tomb of Tutankhamun is also stylized but all the figures can be seen and recognized, the panel depicted battle with the Nubians. There are patterns on all sides, but the color schemes of the tomb are monochrome similar to the object found in Susa.
Tukankhamun’s tomb is from the 14th century B.C.E.
Question 3 1. What type of object is this and what is this technique of carving called?
This object is a relief sculpture of a god and the king. The object was created through the technique of sunk relief.
2. Describe the scene in the middle - what is the head gear of the right-hand figure