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Mesopotamia. Reconstruction of Ziggurat of King Ur-Nammu. Warka Vase from Uruk, c. 3500 – 3000 BC, alabaster, height 36”. Votive statues from Abu Temple from Tell Asmar (Iraq); c. 2700 – 2500 BC; limestone and alabaster; largest figure approx. 30”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Mesopotamia
Reconstruction of Ziggurat of King Ur-Nammu
Warka Vase from Uruk, c. 3500 – 3000 BC, alabaster, height
36”
Votive statues from Abu Temple from Tell Asmar (Iraq); c. 2700 – 2500 BC; limestone and alabaster;
largest figure approx. 30”
Panel from the Royal Standard of Ur, sounding box of musical instrument; shell, lapis lazuli; c. 2600 BC; 18.5” X 8”
Bull lyre, from Ur; c. 2685 BC; wood with gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell (reassembled in modern
wood support)
Mythological figures, detail of sound box of bull lyre from Ur
Relief work of chlorite vessel; c. 2600 BC; height 11.5”
Stele of Naram-Sin; c. 2254 – 2218 BC;
limestone; height 6’6”
Stele of Hammurabi; c. 1792 – 1750 BC;
basalt; height approx. 7’
Stele of Hammurabi; c. 1792 – 1750
BC; basalt; height approx. 7’
Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions; c. 850 BC; alabaster; height approx 39”
Reconstructive illustration of Ishtar
Gate
Ishtar Gate, from Babylon; c. 575 BC; glazed brick; height of gate originally 40’
Guardian figure, entrance to the throne room, Palace of Sargon II, c. 720 BC. Louvre