Chapter 2 Art of the Ancient Near East

Question 1

Answer 1

Stele of Naram-Sin
Iran
2,254-2,218 BCE
Limestone

Question 2

Answer 2

Ruins of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple
Uruk (Iraq)
3,400-3.200 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)

Question 3

Answer 3

Plan of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple
Uruk (Iraq)
3,400-3,200 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)

Question 4

Answer 4

Head of a Woman
Uruk (Iraq)
3,300-3,000 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Marble

Question 5

Answer 5

Carved Vessel
Uruk (Iraq)
3,300-3,000 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Alabaster

Question 6

Answer 6

Twelve Votive Figures
Square Temple (Iraq)
2,900-2,600 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Limestone, alabaster, and gypsum

Question 7

Answer 7

Reconstruction of the Great Lyre With Bull’s Head
Royal Tomb (Iraq)
2,600-2,500 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Wood with gold, silver, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell with modern wood support

Question 8

Answer 8

Front Panel on Sound Box of the Great Lyre With Bull’s
Royal Tomb (Iraq)
2,600-2,500 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Wood with gold, silver, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell with modern wood support

Question 9

Answer 9

Scenes of War
Standard of Ur
2,600-2,500 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone inlay with bitumen

Question 10

Answer 10

Scenes of Celebration
Standard of Ur
2,600-2,500 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone inlay with bitumen

Question 11

Answer 11

Cylinder Seal and Its Modern Impression
Ur (Iraq)
2,600-2,500 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Lapis lazuli

Question 12

Answer 12

Disk of Enheduanna
Ur (Itaq)
2,300-2,275 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Akkad)
Alabaster

Question 13

Answer 13

Head of a Man (Known as an Akkadian Ruler)
Nineveh (Iraq)
2,300-2,200 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Akkad)
Copper Alloy

Question 14

Answer 14

Nanna Ziggurat
Ur (Iraq)
2,100-2,050 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Ur and Lagash)

Question 15

Answer 15

Votive Statue of Gudea
Girsu (Iraq)
2,090 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Ur and Lagash)
Diorite

Question 16

Answer 16

Stele of Hammurabi
Susa (Iran)
1,792-1,750 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Ur and Lagash)
Basalt

Question 17

Answer 17

Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions
Kathu (Iraq)
875-860 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Assyrian)
Alabaster

Question 18

Answer 18

Enemies Crossing the Euphrates to Escape Assyrian Archers
Kathu (Iraq)
875=860 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Assyrian)
Alabaster

Question 19

Answer 19

Reconstruction Drawing of the Citafel and Palace Complex of Sargon II
Dur Sharrukin (Iraq)
721-706 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Assyrian)

Question 20

Answer 20

Guardian Figures at Gate A of the Citadel of Sargon II During Its Excavation in the 1840’s
Dur Sharrukin (Iraq)
721-706 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Assyrian)

Question 21

Answer 21

Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden
Nineveh (Iraq)
647 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Assyrian)
Alabaster

Question 22

Answer 22

Reconstruction Drawing of Babylon in the 6th Century BCE

Question 23

Answer 23

Ishtar Gate and Throne Room Wall
Babylon (Iraq)
575 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Neo-Babylonians)
Glazed Brick (Reconstruction)

Question 24

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Answer 24

Aerial View of the Ceremonial Complex of Persepolis
Iran
518-460 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Persians)

Question 25

Answer 25

Apadana (Audience Hall) of Darius and Xerses
Persepolis (Iran)
518-460 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Persians)

Question 26

Answer 26

Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute
Persepolis (Iran)
491-486 BCE
Early Mesopotamia (Persians)
Limestone