Art of the Ancient Near East: Art History Unit 1 Quiz

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Cuneiform

a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East; in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions which form its signs

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Ziggurat

a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia. It has the form of a terraced compound of successively receding stories or levels.

<p>a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia. It has the form of a terraced compound of successively receding stories or levels.</p>
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Stele

 standing stone slab used in the ancient world primarily as a grave marker but also for dedication, commemoration, and demarcation.

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Hieratic scale

a technique used in art, mostly in sculpture and painting, in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork

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Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer, 3100–3000 B.C.E, Late Prehistoric period, clay, probably from southern Iraq. 

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The Standard of Ur, 2600–2400 B.C.E.

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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 B.C.E., pink limestone, Akkadian (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

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Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi, basalt, Babylonian, 1792–50 B.C.E. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

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Relief with Ashurbanipal killing a lion, c. 645–635 BC

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Capital

the uppermost portion of a column, which often features distinctive architectural elements that cap the building's overall design

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Relief (east stairs), Apādana, Persepolis (Fars, Iran), c. 520–465 B.C.E.

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