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White Temple of Ziggurat |
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Statuettes of two Worshipers 2700 BCE Sumarian Ancient near east Limestone, gypsum, shell |
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Presentations of offering to Inanna (Warka Vase) 3200-3000 BCE Medium: Alabaster Registers: Plants, animals, man harvesting, presenting to Inanna |
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Standard of Ur 2600 BCE Sumerian Medium: Wood, lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone Registers: War and Peace (Two sided box) |
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Sound box of the bull-headed lyre 2600 BCE Sumerian Medium: Wood, gold, lapris |
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Head of an Akkadian Ruler 2250-2200 BCE Portrait of Sargon Medium: Copper (hallow cast) Eye deliberately attacked |
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sim 2254-2218 BCE |
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Gudea Seated 2100 BCE Holding a plan of the temple |
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Stele with the laws of Hammurabi 1780 BCE Medium: Basalt Hat with horns signifies importance |
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Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions 645-640 BCE |
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Where is Mesopotamia Located? What does the name mean? |
Also known as the "Fertile Crescent" from the meaning " The land between the rivers" () Located in modern day Iraq between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers bordering Syria. pg. 32 |
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Define of identify the following terms: a. citadel b. city-state c. heraldic composition |
a.A citadel is a bastion, or a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle. b. The Sumerians were not contained in a unified nation but rather, a dozen or so independent city-states, each thought to be under the protection on a different deity c. A heraldic composition is a composition that is symmetrical on either side of a central figure, which was a characteristic of Sumerian art at the time. |
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List four important Sumerian contributions to human development. |
1. Use of the Wheel and plow 2. Flood control 3. irrigation canals 4. writing pg.31 |
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How would the female head from Uruk have looked when the ancient Sumerians saw it. |
All we currently see of the so-called “Inanna” is a fragmentary, white marble female head. First off, the marble was an expensive and lustrous hard stone, admired by Sumerians. The head has a flat back with probably woodmaking up the body and the rest of the head. Colored shell or stone would have filled the deep recesses for the eyebrows and the large eyes. The deep groove at the top of the head anchored a wig, probably made from golden leaf. These hair strands engraved in the metal fell in waves over the forehead and sides of the face. The missing body was probably decked out in expensive fabrics and jewels. https://sites.google.com/site/rebeccasarthistoryclass/chapter-2-study-guide |
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What is Ziggurat in terms of form and function? Where is it located in the city-state |
The Sumerian idea that the gods reside above the world of humans is central to the elevated placement of Mesopotamian temples on giant platforms reaching towards the sky. The towering height made a profound impression on the people of the ancient Near East. |
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What are cylinder seals? What type of imagery do they have and what was the possible function? |
These were cylinders created by Sumerians onto which a picture was created with relief in such a way that when it was rolled onto a paper, the 2-D picture would come out. So this was literally like a stamp or seal. |
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Describe 3 conventions found in Sumerian pictorial art as seen in the Standard of Ur. Why is this treatment of form called "conceptual" rather than optical? |
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Who was Sargon? in what way did he change the government in Mesopotamia, and how was this expressed in the art? |
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What is hierarchy of scale? |
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What is a stele? |
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What achievement is Hammurabi best known for? |
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List and describe 3 stylistic conventions found in the Elamite statue of Queen Napir-Asu. |
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Describe the form and decoration of the Ishtar Gate? |
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What did Assyrian palaces symbolize and represent? |
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What is a Lamassu and where would one be found? What function did it serve? |
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Describe "Gate of All the Lands," the main entrance to the Apadana. What does it symbolize and how does it achieve it? |
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