1st Semester Review

White Temple and ziggurat

Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq

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

Bent-axis plan

Statuettes of worhippers

from Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Iraq

ca. 2,700 B.CE.gypsum, shell, black limestonetallest 30 in. high

Standard of Ur

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

ca. 2,600 B.C.E.wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestoneapproximately 8 x 19 in.

Cylinder sealfrom the tomb of Pu-abi Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraqca. 2,600 B.C.E.approximately 2 in. high

Head of an Akkadian ruler

from Ninevah (modern Kuyunjik) Iraq

ca. 2,250-2,200 B.C.E.copper14 3/8 in. high

lost-wax casting

lost wax casting process demo

Victory stele of Naram-Sin

from Susa, Iran

ca. 2,254-2,218 B.C.E.sandstone79 in. high

Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan

from Girsu (modern Telloh) Iraq

ca. 2,100 B.C.E.diorite29 in. high

Stele with code of Hammurabi

from Susa, Iran

ca. 1,780 B.C.E.basalt88 in. high

Lion Gate

Hattusa (Modern Boghazkoy)

ca. 1400 b.c.e.

Ishtar Gate (restored)

from Babylon, Iraq

ca. 575 B.C.E.glazed brick

Lamassu (winged human headed bull)

from the citadel of Sargon II, Dar Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) Iraq

ca. 720-705 B.C.E.limestone13 ft. 10 in. high

Palace of Darius I and Xerxes I

Persepolis, Iran

ca. 521-465 B.C.E.

Ancient Egypt

TombsTemples

& Timelessness

Palette of King Narmer

from Hierakonpolis, Egypt

ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.slateapproximately 25 in. high

Imhotep

Pyramid and Mortuary of Djoser

Saqqara, Egypt

ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.limestone

*Ka*Mastaba

Great Pyramids

Gizeh, Egypt

Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.; Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.; Khufu ca. 2551-2528 B.C.E.limestonelargest (Khufu) approximately 450 ft. high

Khafre

from Gizeh, Egypt

ca. 2,520-2,494 B.C.E.dioriteapproximately 66 in. high

Menkaure and Khamerenebty

from Gizeh, Egypt

ca. 2,490-2,472 B.C.E.graywackeapproximately 54 1/2 in. high

Seated Scribe

from Saqqara, Egypt

ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.painted limestoneapproximately 21 in. high

Ti watching hippopotamus hunt

from Saqqara, Egypt

ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.painted limestoneapproximately 48 in. high

Rock cut Tombs BH 3-5

Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII

ca. 1950-1900 B.C.E.

Senmut

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

Deir el-Bahri, Egypt

ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.

Pillar

Hatshepsutwith offering jars

Deir el-Bahri, Egypt

ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.red granite8 ft. 6 in. high

Temple of Ramses II

from Abu Simbel, Egypt

ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.colossi approximately 65 ft. high

Fowling Scene

from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt

ca. 1,400-1,350 B.C.E.fresco secco32 in. high

Akhenaton

from the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt

ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.sandstoneapproximately 13 ft. high

Tiye

from Gurob, Egypt

ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.wood with gold, silver, alabaster, & lapis3 3/4 in. high

Thutmose

Nefertiti

from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt

ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.painted limestone20 in. high

Death Mask of Tutankhamen

from Thebes, Egypt

ca. 1,323 B.C.E.gold with semiprecious stones21 1/4 in. high

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer

from Thebes, Egypt

ca. 1,290-1280 B.C.E.painted papyrus scroll18 in. high

Temple of Horus

Edfu, Egypt

ca. 237-47 B.C.E.

Prehistoric Aegean

Statuette of a woman

from the Cyclades

ca. 2,500-2,300 B.C.E.marbleapproximately 18 in. high

Palace at Knossos

Crete, Greece

ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.

Bull-leaping

from the palace at Knossos, Greece

ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E.fresco32 in. high

Marine style octopus jar

from Palaikastro, Greece

ca. 1,500 B.C.E.ceramic11 in. high

Snake Goddess

from the palace at Knossos, Greece

ca. 1,600 B.C.E.faience13 1/2 in. high

Harvesters Vase

from Hagia Triada, Greece

ca. 1500 B.C.E.Steatite, originally with gold leaf6” diameter

Corbelled archCyclopean masonry

Citadel at Tiryns

Tiryns, Greece

ca. 1400-1200 B.C.E.

Lion Gate

Mycenae, Greece

ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E.limestone9 ft. 6 in. high

Treasury of Atreus

Mycenae, Greece

ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E.approximately 43 ft. high

Funerary Mask

from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece

ca. 1,600-1,500 B.C.E.beaten gold12 in. high