Ancient Near East

Question 1

Answer 1

Stele of Naram-Sin

c. 2200 BCE
Sippar. Found at Susa.
Limestone. 6’6’’
Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Question 2

Answer 2

Carved Vessel from Uruk

(Warka vase)

c. 3300-3000 BCE
Warka, Iraq.
Alabaster. 36”
Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Question 3

Answer 3

Lyre from Royal Tombs in Ur

2550 BCE
Ur, Iraq
Wood with gold, silver, lapis lazuli, shell

Question 4

Answer 4

Stele of Hammurabi

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

Question 5

Answer 5

Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions

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

Question 6

Answer 6

Enemies crossing the Euphrates to escape Assyrian archers

c. 875 BCE
Palace complex of Assurnasirpal II, Kalhu (Nimurd), Iraq
Alabaster, 39”
British Museum

Question 7

Answer 7

Assurbanipal and his Queen in the garden

c. 647 BCE
Palace at Ninevah (Kuyunjik), Iraq
Alabaster, 21”
British Museum

Question 8

Answer 8

Ishtar Gates

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

Question 9

Answer 9

Ceremonial Complex, Persepolis

518-460 BCE
Iran