Ancient Near Eastern Art

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Sumerian Art

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Ziggurats

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Mudbricks

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White Temple and ziggurat

Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.

mud brick 8

White Temple and ziggurat

Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.

mud brick 9

White Temple and ziggurat

Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.

mud brick 10

Later in the presentation

we will look at another

ziggurat made about 1000

years after the White

Temple and Ziggurat. The

ziggurat of King Ur-

nammu, was made during

the Neo-Sumerian period

(also known as the 3rd

Dynasty of Ur). 11

Other Sumerian Art

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Female head (possibly Inanna)

from Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.

marble

approximately 8 in. high

RECOVERED

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Warka Vase

from Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.

alabaster

approximately 3 ft. high

RECOVERED

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Warka Vase

from Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.

alabaster

approximately 3 ft. high 15

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Statuettes of worhippers

from Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Iraq

ca. 2,700 B.C.E.

gypsum, shell, black limestone

tallest 30 in. high

SOME MISSING

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Statuettes of worhippers

from Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Iraq

ca. 2,700 B.C.E.

gypsum, shell, black limestone

tallest 30 in. high 18

Statuettes of worhippers

from Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Iraq

ca. 2,700 B.C.E.

gypsum, shell, black limestone

tallest 30 in. high 19

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2-7 Fragment of the victory stele of Eannatum (Stele of the Vultures), from Girsu (modern Telloh),

Iraq, ca. 2600–2500 BCE. Figure Limestone, fragment 2’ 6” high, full stele 5’ 11” high. Louvre,

Paris. 22

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Standard of Ur

from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone

approximately 8 x 19 in.

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Standard of Ur (war side)

from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone

approximately 8 x 19 in. 25

Standard of Ur (peace side)

from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone

approximately 8 x 19 in. 26

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Bull-headed lyre

from Tomb 789, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar)

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

wood, gold leaf, lapis lazuli

approximately 65 in. high

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Bull-headed lyre

from Tomb 789, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar)

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

wood, gold leaf, lapis lazuli

approximately 65 in. high 34

Ram in a thicket

from Tomb 789, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

gold, silver, lapis lazuli, copper, shell, red limestone, bitumen 42.6 cm. high 35

Ram in a thicket

from Tomb 789, Royal Cemetery Ur

(modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

gold, silver, lapis lazuli, copper, shell, red limestone, bitumen 42.6 cm. high 36

Cylinder seals

ca. 2,600-2,000 B.C.E.

approximately 2 in. high

MANY MISSING

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Cylinder seal

from the tomb of Pu-abi

Royal Cemetery Ur

(modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.

approximately 2 in. high 38