prehistoric/mesopotamian art Flashcards

Lamassu (or man-headed winged bull), 700 B.C., Assyria

Hall of Bulls, 16,000 B.C., Paleolithic

Statuettes of worshippers, 2,700 B.C., Sumer

Stele of Hammurabi, 1,780 B.C., Babylon

Two bison clay reliefs, 15,000 B.C., Paleolithic

Rhinoceros and wounded man, 16,000 B.C., Paleolithic

Standard of Ur, 2,500 B.C., Sumer

Stonehenge, 2,000 B.C., Neolithic

Victory stele of Naram-Sin, 2,200 B.C., Akkad

Head of Akkadian ruler, 2,200 B.C., Akkad

Human figure made from plaster, 6,000 B.C., Neolithic

Citadel of Persepolis, 500 B.C., Persian

Ziggurat at Ur, 2,000 B.C., Sumer

Warka Vase, 3,000 B.C., Sumer

White Temple and ziggurat, 3,000 B.C., Sumer

Nude Woman (or Venus of Willendorf), 25,000 B.C., Paleolithic

Ishtar Gate, 575 B.C., Neo-Babylonia

Spotted horses cave painting, 23,000 B.C., Paleolithic