Notebook #2 - Ancient West Asia (Near East) and Egypt Vocabulary Flashcards

A complete set of vocabulary and key artwork flashcards covering Notebook #2 - Ancient West Asia (Near East) and Egypt.

White Temple and its ziggurat (Reconstruction Drawing)

Sumerian mud-brick temple complex located in Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), created c. 3500–3000 B.C.E.

 Lamassu

from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). Neo-Assyrian. c. 720–705 B.C.E. Alabaster.

King Menkaura and Queen

Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2490–2472 B.C.E. Greywacke.

Standard of Ur

Sumerian inlaid box made of wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq), c. 2600–2400 B.C.E.

 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. 

The Code of Hammurabi

Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792–1750 B.C.E. Basalt.

Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

Persian limestone ceremonial audience hall in Persepolis, Iran, dating to c. 520–465 B.C.E.

Palette of King Narmer

Predynastic Egyptian greywacke relief palette dated c. 3000–2920 B.C.E.

Seated scribe

Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty painted limestone sculpture from Saqqara, Egypt, dated c. 2620–2500 B.C.E.

Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx

Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty cut limestone funerary complex in Giza, Egypt, dating to c. 2550–2490 B.C.E.

Last Judgment of Hunefer

 from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c. 1275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll.

Hypostyle Hall (Temple of Amun-Re)

Interior column hall at Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt, dating to c. 1250 B.C.E. (New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty), built with cut sandstone.

Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

Sub-entry red granite statue from the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1473–1458 B.C.E.

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters

New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty limestone sunken relief carving dated c. 1353–1335 B.C.E.

Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty royal coffin composed of gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones, c. 1323 B.C.E.

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty painted papyrus scroll page from the Book of the Dead, dated c. 1275 B.C.E.