Unit 2

White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 3500-3000

B.C.E. Mud brick.

Palette of King Narmer. Predynastic Egypt. c. 3000-2920 B.C.E. Greywacke.

Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.

Seated scribe. Saqgara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2620-2500

B.C.E. Painted limestone.

Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Mugayyar, Iraq). Sumerian.

c. 2600-2400 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone.

Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx. Giza, Egypt.

Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2550-2490 B.C.E. Cut limestone.

King Menkaura and queen. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. с. 2490-2472

B.C.E. Greywacke.

The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792-1750 B.C.E.

Basalt.

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 B.C.E.; hall: c. 1250 B.C.E. Cut sandstone and mud brick.

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty.

c. 1473-1458 B.C.E. Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite.

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New Kingdom (Amarna),

18th Dynasty. c. 1353-1335 B.C.E.

Limestone.

Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty.

c. 1323 B.C.E. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones.

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty.

c. 1275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll.

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon

II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). Neo-Assyrian. c. 720-705 B.C.E.

Alabaster.

Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 B.C.E.-150 C.E.

Plan.

Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek.

c. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint.

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis.

Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details.

Sarcophagus of the Spouses.

Etruscan. c. 520 B.C.E. Terra cotta.

Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520-465 B.C.E.

Limestone.

Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo.

Master sculptor Vulca c. 510-500 B.C.E.

Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (Volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture.

Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy.

Etruscan. c. 480-470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco.

Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c. 460-450 B.C.E. Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights).

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer).

Polykleitos. Original 450-440 B.C.E.

Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).

Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447-410 B.C.E. Marble.

Grave stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 B.C.E. Marble and paint.

Winged victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greek c. 190 B.C.E Marble.

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present-day Turkey).

Hellenistic Greek. c. 175 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture).

House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century B.C.E.; rebuilt

c. 62-79 C.E. Cut stone and fresco.

Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman.

c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic.

Seated boxer. Hellenistic Greek.

c. 100 B.C.E. Bronze.

Head of a Roman patrician.

Republican Roman. c. 75-50 B.C.E.

Marble.

Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman. Early first century C.E. Marble.

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70-80 C.E. Stone

and concrete.

Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets: 106-112 C.E.; column completed 113 C.E. Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column).

Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118-125 C.E. Concrete with stone facing.

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. Late Imperial

Roman. c. 250 C.E. Marble.