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Definition
White Temple and ziggurat
Uruk, Iraq
3200 - 3000 BC
Sumerian |
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Female head
Uruk, Iraq
3200 - 3000 BC
Marble
Sumerian
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Warka Vase
Uruk, Iraq
3200 - 3000
Alabaster
Sumerian
- 1st narrative relief
- 1st ground line
- strict profile, conceptual
- hierarchy of scale
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Definition
Statuettes of worshippers
Eshnunna, Iraq
2700 BC
Sumerian |
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Definition
Seated statuette of Urnanshe
Mari, Syria
2600 - 2500 BC
Sumerian |
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Definition
Fragment of victory stele of Eassatum (Stele of the Vultures)
Girsu, Syria
2600 - 2500 BC
Limestone
Sumerian |
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Standard of Ur
Ur, Iraq
2600 BC
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
Sumerian |
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Definition
Bull-headed lyre
Ur, Iraq
2600 BC
Sumerian |
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Term
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Definition
Soundbox of bull-headed lyre
Ur, Iraq
2600 BC
Sumerian |
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Term
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Definition
Banquet scene, cylinder seal
Ur, Iraq
2600 BC
Lapis lazuli
Sumerian |
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Definition
Head of an Akkadian ruler
Nineveh, Iraq
2250 - 2200 BC
Copper
Akkadian
- one of earliest known lifesize cast metal sculptures
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Definition
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Susa, Iran
2254 - 2218 BC
sandstone
Akkadian |
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Definition
Ziggurat
Ur, Iraq
2100 BC
Neo-Sumerian |
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Term
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Definition
Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan
Girsu, Iraq
2100 BC
Diorite
Neo-Sumerian |
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Definition
Stele with law code of Hammurabi
Susa, Iran
1780 BC
Basalt
Babylonian
- 1st foreshortening in beard
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Term
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Definition
Investiture of Zimri-Lim
Mari, Syria
1775-1760
Babylon |
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Term
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Definition
Lion Gate
Boghazkoy, Turkey
1400 BC
Limestone
Hittite |
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Term
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Definition
Statue of Queen Napir-Asu
Susa, Iran
1350 - 1300 BC
Bronze and Copper
Elamite |
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Term
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Definition
Lamassu (winged, human-headed bull)
Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq
720 - 705 BC
Limestone
Assyrian |
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Term
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Definition
Assyrian archers pursuing enemies
Kalhu, Iraq
875 - 860 BC
Gypsum
Assyrian |
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Definition
Ashurnasirpal II with attendants and soldier
Kalhu, Iraq
875 - 860 BC
Glazed brick
Assyrian |
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Definition
Ashurbanipal hunting lions
Nineveh, Iraq
645 - 640 BC
Gypsum
Assyrin |
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Term
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Definition
Dying lioness
Nineveh, Iraq
645-640 BC
Gypsum
Assyrian |
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Definition
Ishtar Gate
Babylon, Iraq
575 BC
Glazed brick and lapis lazuli
Neo-Babylonian
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Definition
Royal audience hall (apadana)
Persepolis, Iran
521 - 465 BC
Achaemenid |
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Term
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Definition
Place of Shapur I
Ctesiphon, Iraq
AD 250 |
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Term
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Definition
Head of a Sasanian king
AD 350
Silver and mercury
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Definition
Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian
Bishapur, Iran
AD 260
rock-cut relief
(slide 1) |
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Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian
Bishapur, Iran
AD 260
rock-cut relief
(slide 2) |
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