Ancient Near East Flashcards

Stele of Naram-Sin
c. 2200 BCE
Sippar. Found at Susa.
Limestone. 6’6’’
Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Carved Vessel from Uruk
(Warka vase)
c. 3300-3000 BCE
Warka, Iraq.
Alabaster. 36”
Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Lyre from Royal Tombs in Ur
2550 BCE
Ur, Iraq
Wood with gold, silver, lapis lazuli, shell

Stele of Hammurabi
c. 1790-1750 BCE
Susa, Iran
Diorite, 7’
Musée du Louvre.

Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions
875 BCE
Palace complex of Assirnaspiral II, Kalhu (Nimrud), Iraq
Alabaster, 39”
British Museum

Enemies crossing the Euphrates to escape Assyrian archers
c. 875 BCE
Palace complex of Assurnasirpal II, Kalhu (Nimurd), Iraq
Alabaster, 39”
British Museum

Assurbanipal and his Queen in the garden
c. 647 BCE
Palace at Ninevah (Kuyunjik), Iraq
Alabaster, 21”
British Museum

Ishtar Gates
c. 575 BCE
Babylon
Glazed brick, 40’ with towers at 100’
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Ceremonial Complex, Persepolis
518-460 BCE
Iran