arhs ancient near east

Head of a woman (goddess?), sumerian, Uruk, 3500-3000 bce

12 votive figures, sumerian (temple of abu at eshnunna, tel asmar iraq, 2600 bce

Bull-headed harp from Ur royal cemetery, sumerian, 2600 bce

victory steele of naram sin, akkadian, 2200 bce

hierarchy of scale

biggest and most central is the most important figure

votive statue of gudea, diorite, neo-sumerian, 2100 bce

steele of hammurabi, babylonian, 1750 bce

guardian figures (Lamassu) at gate a of citadel of sargon II

assurbanipal killing a lion, assyrian, 650 bce

assurbanipal and his queen in the garden, assyrian (palace at nineveh), 650 bce

narrative relief

shows a narrative of some sort of propaganda, historical thing. some of the first evidence of real historical events

bas-relief from the palace of assurbanipal ii at nineveh depicting assyrian victories, 650 bce

ishtar gate, neo-babylonian, 575 bce. built by neuchadnezzar ii in babylon

apadana of darius and xerxes, persepolis, 500 bce

dates of sumerians

4000-2400 bce

akkadians

2300-2200 bce

neo-sumerians

2100-2000 bce

babylonians

1800-1600 bce

assyrians

900-600 bce

neo-babylonians

600-500 bce

persians

500-300 bce