Ancient Near Eastern Art

Question 1

Identify for the following work its

• title or designation
• culture of origin
• date of creation
• materials

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Answer 1

• title or designation: White Temple and its Ziggurat
• culture of origin: Uruk (Modern Warka, Iraq); Sumerian
• date of creation: c. 3,500−3,000 BCE
• materials: Mud Brick

All Correct: 5
1 Missed: 4
2 Missed: 3
3 Missed: 2
4+ Missed: 1

Question 2

Identify for the following work its

• title or designation
• culture of origin
• date of creation
• materials

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Answer 2

• title or designation: Statues of Votive Figures
• culture of origin: Square Temple at Eshnunna (Modern Tell Asmar, Iraq); Sumerian
• date of creation: c. 2,700 BCE
• materials: Gypsum Inlaid with Shell and Black Limestone

All Correct: 5
1 Missed: 4
2 Missed: 3
3 Missed: 2
4+ Missed: 1

Question 3

Identify for the following work its

• title or designation
• culture of origin
• date of creation
• materials

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Answer 3

• title or designation: Standard of Ur
• culture of origin: Royal Tombs at Ur (Modern Tel el-Muqayyar, Iraq); Sumerian
• date of creation: c. 2,600−2,400 BCE
• materials: Wood Inlaid with Shell, Lapis Lazuli, and Red Limestone

All Correct: 5
1 Missed: 4
2 Missed: 3
3 Missed: 2
4+ Missed: 1

Question 4

Identify for the following work its

• title or designation
• culture of origin
• date of creation
• materials

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Answer 4

• title or designation: The Code of Hammurabi
• culture of origin: Babylon (Modern Iran); Susian
• date of creation: c. 1792−1750 BCE
• materials: Basalt

All Correct: 5
1 Missed: 4
2 Missed: 3
3 Missed: 2
4+ Missed: 1

Question 5

Identify for the following work its

• title or designation
• culture of origin
• date of creation
• materials

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Answer 5

• title or designation: Lamassu
• culture of origin: The Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Shartukin (Modern Khorsabad, Iraq); Neo-Assyrian
• date of creation: c. 720−705 BCE
• materials: Alabaster

All Correct: 5
1 Missed: 4
2 Missed: 3
3 Missed: 2
4+ Missed: 1

Question 6

Identify for the following work its

• title or designation
• culture of origin
• date of creation
• materials

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Answer 6

• title or designation: Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
• culture of origin: Persepolis, Iran; Persian
• date of creation: c. 520−465 BCE
• materials: Limestone

All Correct: 5
1 Missed: 4
2 Missed: 3
3 Missed: 2
4+ Missed: 1