Mesopotamia
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MESOPOTAMIA“Land between the Rivers””
The Ancient Fertile CrescentThe Ancient Fertile Crescent
“The Cradle of Civilization” “The Cradle of Civilization”
Ziggurat at UrZiggurat at Ur c. 2100-2000 BCE
Temple
“Mountain of the Gods”
c. 2100-2000 BCE
Temple
“Mountain of the Gods”
Ziggurat at Ur (modern day Iraq), c.2100-2000 BCE
SOUNDBOX OF A SUMERIAN LYRE (UR, IRAQ), C. 2600 BCE
FROM SUMERIAN ROYAL CEMETERY
Standard of Ur (Ur), c. 2685-2645 BCE
Contrast between war and peace/ use of registers to depict a narrative/ discoveries from royal Sumerian graves/ depiction
of human figures/ lapis lazuli (Blue Stone)
“WAR SIDE” OF THE STANDARD OF UR
“PEACE SIDE” OF THE STANDARD OF UR”
WAR SIDE OF THE STANDARD OF UR, FROM TOMB 779, ROYAL CEMETERY, UR (MODERN TELL MUQAYYAR),
IRAQ, CA. 2600 BCE. WOOD INLAID WITH SHELL, LAPIS LAZULI, AND RED LIMESTONE, 8” X 1’ 7”.
PEACE SIDE OF THE STANDARD OF UR
Votive Figures (Ur,Iraq), c.2600-2100
BCE
Gypsym, Lapis
Lazuli
Dying Lioness, Assyrian relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah,
Iraq) c. 650 BCE
Stele with law code of Hammurabi (Susa, Iran), c. 1760 BCE, basalt
USE OF LAW TO ESTABLISH A
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (TALION LAW)/
GOD (SHAMASH) AND RULER
LINKED
Left: Layout of Persepolis
Below: Bull Capital Iran c. 518-460 BCE
Royal Audience Hall (apadana) at Persepolis of Darius I (Iran),
PERSEPOLIS (APADANA IN THE BACKGROUND), IRAN, CA. 521–465 BCE.
Art of the Ancient Near
East