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Chapter 2The Art of the Ancient Near East
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Bronze Age in the Ancient Near East3300-1200 BCE
Iron Age in the Ancient Near East1200 BCE – 600 BCE
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The Ancient Near East
Mesopotamia: a Greek word meaning 'between the rivers'. An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq.
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•Irrigation in Ancient Mesopotamia•http://youtu.be/5RP2KfewiJA
•The delta could only be made habitable by large-scale irrigation and flood control, which was managed first by a priestly class and then by godlike
kings. Consequently the plentiful supply of food permitted the growth of large urban population.
•Cylinder Seal Showing God of Agriculture and Two Others Plowing
•Advances in the design of the plough boosted the productivity of the
Sumerian peasant. By 3000 BC, the original wooden ploughshare, had
given way in Sumer to a much sturdier bronze blade.
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Sumerian Art: 3rd millennium BCE (31-20th. c. BCE)
Ancient Sumer was not a unified nation but made up of independent city-states. Rulers and priests directed the communal activities including canal construction, crop
collection, and food distribution. Development of agriculture made it possible for some members to specialize in other
activities such as manufacturing, trade and administration.
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Sumerian Clay Tokens 4th mill BCE
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Sumerian pictographic tablet.
c. 3100 BCE
Comparison of tokens and Sumerian characters
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Cuneiform (Latin - “Wedge Shaped”) Writing
Used by the Sumerians, Akkadians Assyrians Babylonians and Persians.
Stylus
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Tablet & Envelope with Cuneiform
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White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. 40’ high.
Cella: (Also called “Holy of Holies”) the inner room of the temple, in which the statue of
the god was situated
Plan of theWhite Temple, Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. 40’ high.
Cella
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Female head (Inanna?),from Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. Marble, approx. 8” high.Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Inanna: The chief Sumerian goddess, associated with fertility, the natural world, and war. Later equated with the Babylonian Ishtar.
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Female head (Inanna?),from Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. Marble, approx. 8” high.Iraq Museum, Baghdad
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Warka VasePresentation of offerings to Inanna from Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. Alabaster, 3’ 1/4” high.Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Register: One of a series of superimposed bands in a pictorial
narrative, or the particular levels on which motifs are placed.
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Warka Vase
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Warka Vase. Detail. Innana and the “Priest-King”
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Warka Vase Detail.
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Comparison: Hunter. Çatal Höyük, Turkey. c.5750 BCE
Warka Vase Detail.
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Detail Warka Vase
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Warka Vase
Detail. Presentation of offerings to Inanna
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Warka Vase
Stolen in April 2003, returned to Iraq Museum: June 2003.
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The Courtship of Inanna & Dumuzi ( Circa 3000 BCE )
Inanna spoke:"What I tell you
Let the singer weave into song.What I tell you,
Let it flow from ear to mouth,Let it pass from old to young:
My vulva, the horn,The Boat of Heaven,
Is full of eagerness like the young moon.My untilled land lies fallow.
As for me, Inanna,Who will plow my vulva!
Who will plow my high field!Who will plow my wet ground!As for me, the young woman,
Who will plow my vulva!Who will station the ox there!
Who will plow my vulva!"
Dumuzi replied: "Great Lady, the king will plow your vulva. I, Dumuzi the King, will plow your vulva."
Egyptian wall painting. Oxen pulling a plow. Tomb of Sennedjem
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Gilgamesh kills the heavenly bull
3rd millennium BCESumerian ceramic relief
“I will sing the song of the man of battle, the man of battle. I will sing the song of lord Gilgamesh, the man of battle, I will sing the song of the lord with the very black beard, the man of battle. I will sing the song of him with the well-proportioned limbs, the man of battle…”
From the Epic of Gilgamesh
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Statuettes of two worshipers Votive figureds from temple at Eshnunna,Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone, tallest figure approx. 2’ 6” high.
Votive offering is an object left in a sacred place for ritual purposes.
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Votive figures from the temple at Eshnunna, Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE.
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Votive figures from the temple at Eshnunna, Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE.
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Sir Leonard Woolley, 1880-1960, British archaeologist who directed the joint British Museum and Univ. of Pennsylvania expedition at Ur in Mesopotamia (1922-34).
Woolley oversaw the excavation of the cemetery at Ur, which included 16 royal tombs with treasures of gold and lapis lazuli and evidence of large-scale human sacrifice.
Leonard Woolley (right) and T. E. Lawrenceat the Excavations at Carchemish, Syria, 1913
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Standard of Ur, Peace sideRoyal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli (semiprecious blue stone from Afghanistan), red limestone, approx. 8” x 1’ 7”. British Museum. London
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Standard of Ur, War side, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCEWood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, approx. 8” x 1’ 7”.
Hierarchical Scale:
The representation of more important figures as larger than less important figures.
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Standard of Ur, Peace side, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, approx. 8” x 1’ 7”.
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Standard of Ur
Detail: lyre player
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Bull-headed lyre (restored), Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Gold leaf and lapis lazuli over a wooden
core, approx. 5’ 5” highUniversity of Pennsylvania.
Sir Leonard Woolley with the triangular frame of an excavated
Sumerian harp, 1920s. (Plaster cast.)Such a frame is an archetype for the more developed mediaeval and modern framed
harps.
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Bull-headed lyre (restored), Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Gold leaf and lapis lazuli over a wooden
core, approx. 5’ 5” highUniversity of Pennsylvania..
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Soundbox of a lyre from the Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Wood with inlaid gold, lapis lazuli, and shell, approx. 1’ 7” high.
Heraldic composition: a composition that is symmetrical on either side of a central figure
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Ram Caught in a Thicket, From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BCE . Gold, silver, lapis lazuli, copper, shell,
red limestone, and bitumenH. 42.6 cm. Penn Museum
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Ram (or Goat) in a Thicket
From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BCE. British
Museum
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Sacred tree on Sumerian seals
L.- c. 3000 BCEB.-c. 2500 BCE
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Banquet scene, cylinder seal (left) and its modern impression (right), from the from tomb of Puabi, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Lapis lazuli, approx. 2” high.
Cylinder Seal: A small stone cylinder incised with reversed designs so that when it was rolled over a soft surface the design appeared in relief. These seals
were used to mark property and to legalize documents.
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Cylinder seal with Banquet Scene, from tomb of Puabi, Royal Cemetery, Ur 2600BCE. Lapis Lazuli, 2” high. British Museum, London
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Akkadian Art: 3rd millennium BCE(Bronze Age)
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A map of the Akkadian Empire, its dependent territories, and conquests.
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin,From Susa, Iran (probably came originally from Sippar, an Akkadian city and brought by the Elamites to Susa), 2254–2218 BCEPink sandstone, approx. 6’ 7” high.Louvre, Paris.
Stele - a carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. Detail
Comparison: Ishtar (Queen of heaven/morning and evening star) and Shamash (sun god). Akkadian cylinder seal
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. Detail
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. Detail
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin,From Susa, Iran, 2254–2218 BCEPink sandstone, approx. 6’ 7” high.Louvre, Paris.
Standard of Ur, War side, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, approx. 8” x 1’ 7”.
Discussion Question 5: Compare the Sumerian style with the Akkadian style. Notice the themes; organization of the space; proportions of figures; order vs. chaos; level of realism etc.
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Head of an Akkadian ruler, from Nineveh, Iraq,ca. 2250–2200 BCE. Copper, 1’ 2 3/8” high.
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Neo Sumerian Art:Lagash & Third Dynasty of Ur
3rd millennium BCE (Bronze Age)
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Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan, Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. Diorite, approx. 2’ 5” high. Louvre, Paris.
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Gudea of Lagash
c. 2100 BCE, Diorite
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Comparison: Statuettes of two worshipers
Votive figureds, Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE.Gypsum inlaid with shell and black
limestone, tallest figure approx. 2’ 6” high.
Gudea of Lagash. c. 2120 BCE, Diorite. 73.7 cm. (29 inches) tall.
Louvre, Paris.
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Nanna (the moon god) Ziggurat, Ur (present day Muqaiyir) Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. Mud bricks. 50’ high.
(Restored by the Neo-Babylonians, 6th BCE)
Ziggurat: a monumental platform for a temple. The ziggurat was a pyramidal structure, built in receding tiers upon a rectangular or square
platform, with a shrine at the summit.
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Model of the Ziggurat at Ur.
Aerial view of the ziggurat
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Ziggurat, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. Mud bricks. 50’ high.(Restored by the Neo-Babylonians, 6th BCE)
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Babylonian Art: 2nd millennium BCE(Bronze Age)
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Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 BCE. Basalt, approx. 7’ 4” high. Louvre, Paris.
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Comparison: Shamashs rises from Mount Mashu to bring the dawn. Babylonian cylinder seal.
Stele of Hammurabifrom Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 BCE. Basalt, approx. 7’ 4” high.
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Compare the Victory Stele of Naram Sin with the stele depicting the Code of Hammurabi. Consider the type of stone used, the compositional format, relative size of figures, and treatment of divine figures or sacred ground. How do these images reinforce the authority of the leaders who are depicted?
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Hittite Art: 2nd millennium BCE(Bronze Age)
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Lion Gate, Boghazköy, Turkey, ca. 1400 BCE. Limestone, lions approx. 7’ high.
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Amulet Depicting Enthroned Hittite Sun Goddess. Gold. 2”. Late Bronze Age (1550–1200 B.C.E.)
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Assyrian Art: 9-7th c. BCE(Iron Age)
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Plan of Dur-Sharruken by the French excavator Victor Place
• The city's fortification walls form an almost perfect
square, covering a surface of about 3 sq km
• The citadel with palaces and temples towers above the lower town on an artificially
erected platform.
• The length of the walls was 16280 Assyrian units, which
corresponded to the numerical value of Sargon's
name.
•The Palace
•“Sargon, King of the World, has built a city, Dur Sharukin (citadel of Sargon) he had named it…”
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Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon IIKhorsabad, Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE. 25 acres; more than 200 courtyards and rooms; the
length of the walls was 16280 Assyrian units, which corresponded to the numerical value of Sargon's name.
“Sargon, King of the World, has built a city, Dur Sharukin (citadel of Sargon) he had named it…”
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• Fortified walls enclose this complex, access to which came by a twisting path through a sequence of courtyards and smaller chambers.
• The seven stage ziggurat representing the cosmic order of the seven planets
Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon IIKhorsabad, Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE.
•Throne Room
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Lamassu (winged, human-headed bull), from the citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE. Limestone, approx. 13’ 10” high. Louvre, Paris.
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Side view.Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE.
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Detail. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE.
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Detail. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE.
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Comparison: Gilgamesh kills the heavenly bull
3rd millennium BCESumerian ceramic relief
Hero (Izdubar/Gilgamesh?)
Overpowering a LionCitadel of Sargon II.
721-705 BCAlabaster with traces of
paint.H. 5.52 m
Paris, Louvre
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq, ca. 645–640 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high.
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions, Detail. relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq, ca. 645–640 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high.
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Detail. Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions. Detail. relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions. Detail. Relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq
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Comparison: Standard of Ur, War side
Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red
limestone, approx. 8” x 1’ 7”.
Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq, ca. 645–640 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high.
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Assyrian archers pursuing enemies, relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq, ca. 875–860 BCE. Gypsum, 2’ 10 5/8” high. British Museum, London.
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Reconstruction of Ashurnasirpal's throne room at Nimrud., published by Layard
Plaster fragment found in debris of the Throne Room of
the Northwest Palace.
Traces of black, white, red, and blue paint were visible when the
reliefs were first uncovered.
Hair, beards, sandals – painted black
Eyes - white with black pupils; Daggers, bows, tongues of bird-
headed divinities – red.
The mud-brick walls above the reliefs were plastered and painted with floral, geometric, and figural designs in the same four colors.
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Eagle Headed Spirits by Sacred Tree
c. 884-859 BCE. Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Nimrud. Iraq
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Two carved figures of Ashurnasirpal II, facing a stylized sacred tree, from Northwest palace at Nimrud.
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Comparison: Sacred tree on Sumerian seals
L.- c. 3000 BCEB.-c. 2500 BCE
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https://youtu.be/wGiY7ZDKZSE
Isis video shows complete destruction of ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq
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Neo-Babylonian: 7-6th c. BCE(Iron Age)
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Ishtar Gate, Processional Way, Hanging Gardens and Murduk Ziggurat.Reconstruction drawing of Babylon.
Crenellation: a parapet (short wall) with open spaces that surmounts a wall and is used for defense or decoration.
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Ishtar Gate &Processional Way (also called – “May the Enemy not Have Victory.”)
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Model of Ishtar Gate . Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
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Ishtar Gate(restored), Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 BCE. Glazed brick. 47’ high 32’ wideStaatliche Museen, Berlin.
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Dragon (Associated with the chief god Marduk) from Ishtar Gate
Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 BCE. Glazed brick.
Marduk: The chief god of the Babylonians. The creator of mankind
and the god of light and life.
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Bull (Associated with the storm god Adad)from Ishtar GateBabylon, Iraq, ca. 575 BCE. Glazed brick.
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Throne Room Wall (restored). Babylonca. 575 BCE. Glazed brick. Staatliche Museum, Berlin.
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Lion from the Processional Way (Associated with the goddess Ishtar). c. 575 BCE. Molded and glazed brick. Babylon. Iraq.
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Ishtar. 300 BCE -100 BCE. Alabaster
Comparison: Woman holding a bison hornfrom Laussel, Dordogne, France, ca. 25,000–20,000 BCE. Painted limestone 1’ 6” high
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Persian: Achaemenid Period6-4th c. BCE(Iron Age)
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Cyrus the Great (ca. 576 or 590 BCE — 529 BCE): The founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. As leader of the Persian people, he conquered the Medes and unified the two separate Iranian kingdoms.
The Persians are an Iranian people who speak the Persian language and share a common culture and history.
Darius the Great (ca. 549 BCE– 486/485 BCE): Divided the Persian Empire into twenty provinces, each under the supervision of a governor or satrap. The satrap position was autonomous, allowing each province its own distinct laws, traditions, and elite class. Every province, however, was responsible for paying a gold or silver tribute to the emperor. Many building projects were initiated during the reign of Darius, with the largest being the building of the new capital of Persepolis.
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The Persian Empire
“I am Darius, great King, King of Kings, King of countries, King of this earth.”
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Persepolis (royal audience hall in the background), Iran, ca. 521–465 BCE.
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• This great complex was created by at least three Persian monarchs as one of the capitals of the Persian empire.
• Its ruins reveal architectural influences from other cultures in Mesopotamia, notably the Hittites and Assyrians, as well as the Egyptians.
•Plan of the palace at Persepolis, begun ca. 518 B.C.E.
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Capital of a column of the Audience hall (Apadana) at Louvre, Paris
• The Apadana had seventy-two columns, each is 19 m high. They
carried the weight of the vast and heavy ceiling.
• The capitals were made from animal sculptures such as two headed bulls, lions and eagles. The columns were
joined to each other with the help of oak and cedar beams, which were brought
from Lebanon.
Double griffin (lion and eagle together)
Capital: Decorative element at the upper part of a column or pier.
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Processional frieze. Detail. On the terrace of the royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca. 521–465 BCE.
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Comparison: Kore, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 520–510 BCE. Marble, approx. 1’ 9 1/2” high. Acropolis Museum,
Athens.
Processional frieze. Detail. On the terrace of the royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca. 521–465 BCE.
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Darius celebrating victory over enemies. 521-465 BCE. Persepolis. Iran.
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Ahura Mazda. Reliefs from Persepolis. Iran. 521-465 BCE.
Ahura Mazda (“Wise Lord”): The chief deity of Zoroastrianism, the creator of the world, the source of light, and the embodiment of good. Ahura Mazda is not omnipotent, but will utimately prevail. Until then, the role of mankind is to maintain the order - by resisting chaos -through good thoughts, words and actions.Ahriman (Angra Mainyu): Ahura Mazda's adversary, the chief spirit of darkness and evil in Zoroastrianism.
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Comparison: Two carved figures of Ashurnasirpal II, facing a stylized sacred tree, from Northwest palace at Nimrud.
Comparison: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin,From Susa, Iran (probably came originally from
Sippar, an Akkadian city and brought by the Elamites to Susa), 2254–2218 BCEPink sandstone, approx. 6’ 7” high.
Louvre, Paris.
Darius celebrating victory over
enemies. 521-465 BCE. Persepolis.
Iran.
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Scene from Persian mythology in Apadana Hall: Angra Mainyu (Ahriman) kills the primeval bull, whose seed is rescued by Mah, the moon, as the source for all other animals.
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Lamassifrom Persepolis
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Comparison: Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE.Alabaster. Louvre, Paris
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Winged sphinx from the palace of Darius at Susa.
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Royal Guard. Detail. East gate of the palace of Darius at Susa. 6th c. BCE
London, British Museum
Marduk’s Dragon. Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 BCE. Glazed
brick.
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Persian: Sassanian
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Head of a Sasanian king(Shapur II?), ca. 350 CE. Silver with mercury gilding, 1’ 3 3/4” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Shapur I Triumphing Over the Emperors Philippus the Arab and Valerianrock-cut relief, Bishapur, Iran, ca. 260 CE.
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Sumerian: Standard of Ur, War side, ca. 2600 BCE
Babylonian: Stele of Hammurabi.
ca. 1780 BCE. Basalt, approx. 7’ 4”
high.
Assyrian: Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief, ca. 645–640 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4”
high.
Akkadian: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin,2254–2218 BCE
Persian: Darius celebrating victory over enemies. 521-465 BCE.
Persepolis. Iran.
Discussion Question 6:Rulers used art for propaganda since the early days of civilization. Examine the depictions of rulers in the art of the Ancient Near East. Notice the messages that are being conveyed and the relationships between rulers and gods. Discuss Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian art and give specific examples.
Assyrian: Two figures of Ashurnasirpal II with sacred tree