Professor Stephanie Smith
AH 1542
ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
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SUMERIAN
ASSYRIAN
AKKADIAN
PERSIAN
OLD BABYLONIAN

 
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SUMERIAN
Female Worshipper
alabaster, c. 2800-2550 BCE (Dynastic III Period)
14 1/4" x 5 3/8" x 2 1/4"
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Ram Caught in a Thicket
c. 2600 BCE
Gold, silver, lapis lazuli, copper, shell, red limestone, and bitumen
The Standard of Ur
c. 2600 BCE
Shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, 8"
The British Museum, London, England

 
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AKKADIAN
Foundation nail from the Temple of Nin-Girsu built by Ur-Baba, governor of Lagash
terracotta, c. 2250 BCE
6 7/8"
Fine Arts Musuem of San Francisco, California

 
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OLD BABYLONIAN
Cylinder seal: Hero grappling with buffalo, two lions attacking rearing bulls
intaglio on green stone, date unknown
length 2.7 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 
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ASSYRIAN
The King and a Winged Deity (from Nimrud)
alabaster, 230.5 x 210.8 cm
Los Angeles County Musuem of Art, California
Winged, human-headed Sphinx
elephant ivory, c. 8th c. BCE
4 3/16" x 1 3/4" x 4"
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California
Figure from Palace of Ashurnasirpal II @ Nimrud
c. 833-859 BCE
Limestone, 16'
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

 
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PERSIAN
Palace of Darius and Xerxes (general view)
Persepolis, Iran 
c. 518-460 BCE
Processional relief from Palace of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran
c. 516-460 BCE

 
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