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Art of the Ancient Near EastReading: Stokstad, 27-38
Range:5500-1500 BCEProtoliterate, Early Dynastic Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo Sumerian, and Old Babylonian
Terms/Concepts:Mesopotamia, Cuneiform, Cylinder Seals, Register, Bas Relief, Hieratic Scale, Votive, Axial, Bent Axis, Ziggurat, Axis Mundi, Stele, Lapis Lazuli,
Monument List 2-2, Anu Ziggurat, Protoliterate
Sumerian, 3300-3000 BCE 2-3, Warka Vase, Protoliterate
Sumerian, 3300-3000 BCE Pg. 35, The Great Lyre, Early
Dynastic, Sumerian, 2600-2500 BCE
2-1, Stele of Naram-Sin, Akkadian, 2254-2218 BCE
2-8, Votive of Gudea, Neo-Sumerian, 2090 BCE
Pg. 38, Stele of Hammurabi, Old Babylonian, 1792-1750 BCE
Timeline of the Ancient Near East
Major Powers in the Near East
Protoliterate Mesopotamia: 5500-3000 BCEEarly Dynastic Sumerian: 3000-2340 BCEAkkadian: 2340-2180 BCENeo-Sumerian: 2125-2025 BCEOld Babylonian: 2025-1594 BCEAssyrian: 1350-612 BCENeo-Babylonian: 612-539 BCEAchaemenid Persian: 539-331 BCE
Mesopotamia: “Land Between Two Rivers”
Samarra
Protoliterate Pottery
Bowl, Protoliterate Mesopotamian, Samarra, 4200-3000 BCE
Bowl, Protoliterate Mesopotamian, Samarra, 4200-3000 BCE
Bowl, Protoliterate Mesopotamian, Samarra, 4200-3000 BCE
Beaker, Protoliterate, Mesopotamia, Susa, 4200-3000 BCE
Sumer: 3300-2500 BCE
Eshnunna
Anu Ziggurat and White Temple, Uruk, Iraq, Protoliterate Sumerian 3300-3000 BCE
Plan of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple. Uruk, Iraq. c.3300-3000 BCE
Mud Bricks
Warka Vase, Uruk, Iraq, Prololiterate Sumerian, 3300-3000
Warka Vase, Uruk, Iraq, Prololiterate Sumerian, 3300-3000
Tammunz
Warka Head, Uruk, Iraq, Protoliterate Sumerian, 3300-3000 BCE
Lioness, Tutub (Eshnunna), Iraq, Protoliterate Sumerian, 3300-3000 BCE
Iraq, 3300-3000 BCE Germany, 32,000 BP
The Rise of Cuneiform
Cylinder Seal, Protoliterate Sumerian, 3300-3100 BCE
Cylinder Seal, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 2900-2334 BCE
Inventory Tablet with Archaic Cuneiform, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 3200 BCE
Administrative Tablet, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 3100-2900 BCE
Stylus
Evolution of Cuneiform
Gilgamesh: the king who was 2/3 god
“Gilgamesh” (Assyrian Hero) The Epic of Gilgamesh in Akkadian
Votive Figures from Eshnunna, Early Dynastic, Sumerian, 3000-2340 BCE
Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE
The Great Lyre with Bull’s Head, from Tomb 789. Royal Cemetery, Ur, Early Dynastic Sumerian, c.2600-2500 BCE
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lapis lazuli
Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan, is site of lapis lazuli mines.
Samples of lapis lazuli.
lapis lazuli
Standard of Ur, Royal Cemetery at Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE
Standard of Ur, Royal Cemetery at Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE
Standard of Ur, Royal Cemetery at Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE
Standard of Ur, Royal Cemetery at Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE
Standard of Ur, Royal Cemetery at Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE
Akkadian: 2500-2200
Head of Akkadian Ruler, Akkadian, 2340-2180 BCE
Stele of Naram Sin, Akkadian, 2254-2218 BCE
Stele of Naram Sin, Akkadian, 2254-2218 BCE
Cylinder Seal with Weather God, Akkadian, 2334-2154 BCE
Neo Sumerian: 2200-2100 BCE
Nanna Ziggurat, Uruk, Iraq, Neo-Sumerian, 2100-2050 BCE
Votive of Gudea, Neo-Sumerian, 2090 BCE
Old Babylonian: 1792-1750 BCE
Head of Old Babylonian Ruler (Possibly Hammurabi), Old Babylonian, 1900-1700 BCE
Stele of Hammurabi, Old Babylonian, 1792-1750 BCE
Size MattersAkkadian, 2254-2218 BCE
Old Babylonian,1792-1750 BCE
Early Dynastic Sumerian,2900-2600 BCE
Neo-Sumerian,2100-2050 BCE
Material Matters
Material Matters
Neo-SumerianAkkadian Old Babylonian
Kingly Faces
Critical Questions
1. How is religious and political power connected in the cultures of the ancient Near East? How do these connections manifest in their art?
2. What is hieratic scale? How is it used in ancient Near Eastern art?
3. How is the bent axis used in Near Eastern architecture? What is its significance?
4. What is the importance of materials like lapis lazuli and gold? What social institutions and activities do they indicate?
5. What are cylinder seals? What function do they serve? What cultural institutions do they indicate?