Near Eastern Art And Archaeology Study Guide

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Jericho, 7th millennium (AceramicNeolithic PPNB): plastered sculls, shell-inlaid eyes of burials under thefloors of round huts

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Chatal Huyuk, 7th millennium BC, shrine

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Chatal Huyuk,5800 BC: shrine hunting fresco

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Umm Dabaghiyah(pre-Halaflevel IV): storage buildings for drying onagerskins (fresco, c. 5700 BC)R

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Hassuna III-VI incised jar

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Halaf period steatopygous figurine

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Arpachiyah ‘tholoi’ Halaf period (c. 4800 BC)

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‘RoundHouse’ Tepe Gawra XI (GawraPeriod c. 3100 BC)

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Post-Ubaid‘eye’ or ‘spectacle’ idols from Tell Brak (c.3100 BC)

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TempleVII at Eridu(3800 BC)

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TempleIX at Eridu(4100 BC)

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TempleXVI at Eridu(4900 BC)

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TepeGawraXIII (Ubaidperiod, c. 3600 BC): acropolistemples around central courtyarda:northern templeb:central templec:eastern shrine

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Ubaidian female figurine (Ur)

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Uruk: Anu Ziggurat and White Temple (3200-2900 BC)

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Uruk:WarkaIVc(3200 BC): EannaPrecinct Pillar Hall (cone-studded, 30m portico, double row of free standingcolumns of 2m diameter)

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Tell Uquair: Late Uruk templewith painted altar and protoliterate ground level chapel with archaic tablets

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Warka Vase: relief alabaster vase (h: 90 cm) from Uruk (Jemdet Nasr period 3100-2900 BC) with scenes of king, Inanna, priests offering gifts

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Alabastertray from the Protoliterate period (Jemdet Nasr 3100-2900 BC) with carved scenes ofanimals of Inanna’s ‘sacred herd’ beside a reed-built templesurmounted by her ‘doorpost’ symbolsa

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IInanna Mask from Uruk (3000 BC) made of stone, inlaideyes/eyebrows, wig

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PrayingRuler statuette from Uruk(3100 BC): stone with inlaid eyes

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JemdetNasr protoliteratepictographic tablet (reverse): listof commodities in vertical columns from top right (3000 BC)

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SumerianKings Listc.2100 BC

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Protoliterate Predynastictablet (UrukIII/IV 3100-2900 BC)

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Archaic Sumerian tablet from Ur (Early Dynasties I/II 2900-2650 BC)

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OvalTemple at Khafaje (ED II/III)

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Shara Temple at Tell Agrab (EDII)

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Palais Présargonique at Mari (ED): central court

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Votive stone statues (max. 76cm)and statuettes from the Abu Temple at Tell Asmar (ED II) (made od stone, alabaster,gypsum)

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Seated stone statue of Ebih-il inprayer, wearing ‘kaunakes’garment with ‘petals’ of wool (inlaid eyes and drillwork)Mari, Ishtar Temple, ED III

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Sumerian wall-plaque (40cm) from Girsu (Telloh) (EDIII)Ur-Nanshe,ruler of Lagash, surrounded by his wife and sons, depicted as a buildercarrying a basket with bricks (upper register) and seated on his throne (bottomregister) with archaic inscriptions

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Sumerian ‘Stela of the Vultures’ (1.82m) Girsu (Telloh) (EDIII)

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Ceremonial wig-helmet (electrum) ofKing MeskalamdugUr Royal CemeteryED III (2500 BC)

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Queen Puabi andcourt ladies, Ur Royal Cemetery, ED III (2500 BC)

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Ram caught in thicket (one of apair), Ur Royal Cemetery (‘Death Pit’), ED III (gold head and legs, tree;silver belly; lapis lazuli horns, eyes, fleece, white shell and wood)

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Pendant in the form of thelion-headed eagle (Anzu birdor Imdugud)‘Treasure of Ur’ (bead bearing name of King Mesanepada ofUr), Mari ED III (2500 BC)

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‘Standard of Ur’(sounding box of musical instrument?) (47cm x 20cm) Ur Cemetery, ED IIIe

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Mari mosaic panel, Ishtar Temple, Mari, ED III

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Lyres from Tomb of Queen Puabi andTomb of King Meskalamdug(wood, gold, inlays of shell, bone, lapis lazuli) (max. h: 1.22m

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The Great Lintel, Temple of Nin-khursag, Al Ubaid, EDIII (c. 2500 BC): copper sheeting over a wooden core with repoussedecoration of Imdugud or Anzu bird(lion-headed eagle) with two stags

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The EntemenaSilver Vase, Lagash ED III (c. 2400 BC)

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NEOLITHIC PERIOD

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8th/ 7th Millennium BC

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HASSUNA PERIOD

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6th Millennium BC

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SAMARRA PERIOD

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5700-4900 BC

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HALAF PERIOD

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6000-5300 BC

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POST-UBAID/ GAWRA (~ LATE URUK) PERIOD

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3300-3100 BC

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UBAID PERIOD

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5000-3500 BC

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URUK PERIOD

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3500-3100 BC

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JEMDET NASR PERIOD

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3100-2900 BC

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EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD: SUMER

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2900-2350 BC