1. Slide Review for Test on Near Eastern Art
Chapter 2
The Rise of Civilization

3. White Temple and ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq
ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.
mud brick

5. VOTIVE Statuettes of worshippers
from Square Temple at Eshnunna
(modern Tell Asmar) Iraq
ca. 2,700 B.CE.
gypsum, inlaid shell, black limestone
Male figure: 2’6” high

7. Standard of Ur
Royal Cemetery Ur
(modern Iraq)
ca. 2,600 B.C.E.
wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone
approximately 8 x 19 in.

9. Bull-headed lyre
from Tomb 789,
Royal Cemetery Ur
ca. 2,600 B.C.E.
wood, gold leaf, lapis lazuli
approximately 65 in. high

11. Victory stele of Naram-Sin
from Susa, Iran
ca. 2,254-2,218 B.C.E.
sandstone
79 in. high

13. Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan
from Girsu (modern Iraq)
ca. 2,100 B.C.E.
diorite
29 in. high

15. Stele with code of Hammurabi
from Susa, Iran
ca. 1,780 B.C.E.
basalt
88 in. high

17. Statue of Queen Napir-Asu
from Susa, Iran
ca. 1,350-1,300 B.C.E.
bronze and copper
50 3/4 in. high

19. Reconstruction drawing
of the citadel of Sargon II,
Dar Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) Iraq
ca B.C.E.

21. Lamassu (winged human headed bull)
from the citadel of Sargon II, Dar Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) Iraq
ca B.C.E.
limestone
13 ft. 10 in. high

23. Ashurbanipal hunting lions
from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal,
Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik) Iraq
ca B.C.E.
gypsum
approximately 5 ft. high

25. Assyrian archers pursuing enemies
from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II,
Kalhu (modern Nimrud)
ca B.C.E.
gypsum
2 ft. 10 3/8 in. high

27. Processional frieze (detail of relief carving) on the terrace of the royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca. 521–465 BCE.

28. Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore (1605-1675)
What does this have in common with
Near Eastern art?