Humanities | D. S. McNeill

Mesopotamian Arts

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Ziggurat of Ur 2100 BCE Gilgamesh Sumerian 100+ ft. tall mud bricks 210 ft x 150 ft. base	Ziggurat of Ur Sumerian mud bricks

Gilgamesh fighting the Lion 2500 BCE Mesopotamian Sumerian cylinder seal	Cylinder Seal Mesopotamian carved stones

*Standard of Ur (front & back) 2600 BCE fr Royal Tombs of Ur Mesopotamian Sumerian wood, inland shell, limestone, lapis lazuli	*Standard of Ur--detail 2600 BCE Mesopotamian painted wood, shell limestone, lapis lazuli

Sumerian Lyre 2600 BCE Mesopotamian Sumerian Gold and Wood	Gudea 2125-2110 BCE Mesopotamian carved stones

*Votive Statues from the Square Temple 2800 - 2300 BCE Sumerian Prayer Statues Mesopotamian Sumerian gypsum inlaid w/shell/limesto Tell Asmar (Eshnunna), Iraq	*Votive Figures from the Square Temple 2800 BCE Mesopotamian Sumerian prayer statues gypsum inlaid w/shell/limesto Tell Asmar (Eshnunna), Iraq

Sargon I ~ War Mask 2350 BCE part of lifesize sculpture Mesopotamian Akkadian Bronze / lifesize	Sargon I ~ war mask 2300 BCE Mesopotamian / Akkadian Bronze / lifesize

*Stele of Hammurabi 1792 - 1750 BCE Hammurabi with Shamash Mesopotamian / Babylonian Akkadian writing Basalt / 7+ feet tall Louvre Museum	*Stele of Hammurabi ~ detail 1750 BCE Hammurabi with Shamash Mesopotamian / Babylonian Basalt / 20 inches tall Louvre Museum

Citadel of Sargon II 730-705 BCE Sargon II Mesopotamian / Assyrian Dur Sharrukin / Khorsabad,Iraq painted mud bricks citadel	*Lamassu 720 BCE Citadel of Sargon II Mesopotamian / Assyrian stone carving Louvre & British Museums

Palace of Nimrud late 7th century royal palace bef. Sargon II Mesopotamian / Assyrian Ninevah / Northern Iraq painted mud brick	Assyrian Warrior Mesopotamian relief carving from Palace of Nimrud

Gate of Ishtar 600 BCE Neo - Babylonian w/ox, lion, & Marduk painted mud bricks	Gate of Ishtar 600 BCE Nebuchadnezzar Neo - Babylonian painted mud bricks Pergamon Museum in Berlin

*Apadana and Stairway @ Persepolis Palace of Persepolis Persian for Darius and Xerxes painted limestone	Parade of soldiers at Persepolis 520 BCE Persian stone carving Persepolis

*Palace at Persepolis ~ Apadana 520 BCE Persian stone Persepolis	Darius I 521 - 486 BCE Persian painted relief carving Persepolis

*Palace at Persepolis ~ detail 540 - 520 BCE Persian stone carving Persepolis