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Art of the Ancient
Near East
A.
THE FERTILE CRESCENT top
Visit
the Fenster Museum of Jewish Art to view early and late Bronze Age
items from the Near East
B.
EARLY NEOLITHIC CITIES top
Fig. 2-3
Figure
from Ain Ghazal, Jordan c. 7000 - 6000 BCE. Clay plaster with cowrie shell, bitumen, and paint, height approx. 35" (90 cm). National Museum, Amman, Jordan
Fig. 2-4
Composite reconstruction drawing of a shrine room at Chatal Huyuk, Turkey, c. 6500 - 5500 BCE
Fig. 2-5
Reconstruction drawing of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple, Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). c. 3100 BCE
C.
SUMER top
Fig. 2-6
Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq). c. 2100 - 2050 BCE
Fig. 2-7
Face of a Woman
from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). c. 3500 - 3000 BCE. Marble, height approx. 8" (20.3 cm). Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Fig. 2-8
Carved vase (both sides), from Uruk(modern Warka, Iraq). c. 3500 - 3000 BCE. Alabaster, height 36" (91 cm). Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Fig. 2-9
Votive statues from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). c. 2900 - 2600 BCE. Limestone, alabaster, and gypsum, height of largest figure approx. 30" (76.3 cm). The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago; Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Fig. 2-10
Scarlet Ware vase, from Tutub (modern Tell Khafajeh, Iraq). c. 3000 - 2350 BCE. Ceramic, height 11 3/4" (30 cm). Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Figs. 2-11 and 2-12
Bull
lyre, from the tomb of King Abargi, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq). c. 2685 BCE. Wood with gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell, reassembled in modern wood support. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Mythological figures, detail of the sound box of the bull lyre from Ur (fig. 2-11). Wood with shell inlaid in bitumen, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2" (31.1 x 11 cm)
From
the "Royal Tombs of Ur" click on "Ram in the Thicket," from the
third millennium BCE., to learn about its conservation; this item
is made of gold, silver, lapis lazuli and other materials
- Cuneiform Writing
"Ancient
Tablets, Ancient Graves" shows ancient cuneiform writing that tells
the story of women's lives
- Gilgamesh
Learn about
the "Epic of Gilgamesh" from "Exploring Ancient World Cultures;"
view information, images and links.
Fig. 2-13
Cylinder seal from Sumer and its impression. c. 2500 BCE. Marble, height approx. 1 3/4" (4.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gift of Walter Hauser, 1955 (55.65.4)
D.
AKKAD top
This site presents an Akkadian
cylinder seal
Fig. 2-14
Disk of Enheduanna, from Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq). c. 2300 BCE. Alabaster, diameter approx. 10" (25.4 cm). University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Fig. 2-15
Stele
of Naramsin, c. 2254 - 2218 BCE. Limestone, height 6'6" (1.98 m). Musée du Louvre, Paris
E.
LAGASH top
Fig. 2-16
Votive
statue of Gudea from Lagash (modern Telloh, Iraq). c. 2120 BCE. Diorite, height 29" (73.7 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris
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BABYLON AND MARI top
"The
Tower of Babel and Babylon" is an article with images about the
construction of a Mesopotamian ziggurat
Fig. 2-17
Stele
of Hammurabi, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran). c. 1792 - 1750 BCE. Basalt, height of stele approx. 7' (2.13m), height of relief 28" (71.1 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Fig. 2-18
Investiture
of Zimrilim, facsimile of a wall painting on mud plaster from the palace at Mari (modern Tell Hariri, Iraq), Court 106. Before c. 1750 BCE. Height 5'5" (1.7 m). Musée du Louvre, Paris
G.
ASSYRIA top
Fig. 2-19
Assurnasirpal
II Killing Lions. From Palace Complex of Assurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq. c. 850 BCE. Alabaster, height approx. 39" (99.1 cm). The British Museum, London
Fig. 2-20
Reconstruction drawing of the citadel and palace complex of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). c. 721 - 706 BCE
Fig. 2-21
Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq). c. 647 BCE. Alabaster, height approx. 21" (53.3 cm). The British Museum, London
Fig. 2-22
Earrings, crown, and rosettes, from the tomb of Queen Yabay, Nimrud, Iraq. Late 8th century BCE. Gold. Iraq Museum, Baghdad
The Metropolitan Museum of Art shows a Human
Headed Winged Lion from the palace of Asurnasirpal II, c. 883-859
BCE.
Fig. 2-23
Reconstruction drawing of Babylon in the 6th century BCE. The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago
Fig. 2-24
Ishtar
Gate and throne room wall, from Babylon (Iraq). c. 575 BCE. Glazed brick, height originally 40' (12.2 m) with towers rising 100' (30.5 m). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vorderasiatisches Museum
Standing
Lion, c. 6th century B.C.E., is also glazed brick from Neo-Babylonia
I.
ELAM top
Fig. 2-25
Beaker, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran). c. 4000 BCE. Ceramic, painted in brown glaze, height 11 1/4" (28.6 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris
Fig. 2-26
Woman Spinning, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran). c. 8th - 7th century BCE. Bitumen compound, 3 5/8 x 5 1/8" (9.2 x 13 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris
Large
incised black jar from a Hittite grave site
K.
PERSIA top
Additional information
and images on Perspolis (Persepolis), including the tomb
of Cyrus the Great; all images may be enlarged
Fig. 2-28
Plan of the ceremonial complex, Persepolis, Iran. c. 518 - 460 BCE.
Fig. 2-29
Apadana (audience hall)
of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, Persepolis, Iran. c.518 - 460 BCE.
Fig. 2-30
Darius
and Xerxes Receiving Tribute, detail of a relief from the stairway leading to the Apadana, ceremonial complex, Persepolis, Iran. 491 - 486 BCE. Limestone, height 8'4" (2.54 m). Iranbastan Museum, Teheran
- Technique: Coining Money
Achaemenid
coins from the ancient Persian dynasty whose kings ruled from 559
to 330 BC
Fig. 2-31
Daric, a coin first minted under Darius I of Persia. 4th century BCE. Gold. Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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