HAA 0105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natural Hair Movement, Lekythos, Achaemenid Coinage
31 Jan 2018
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Rock relief of darius i at bisutun (in modern iran) Created a royal road that passed this relief. Sent versions of the monument to other major cities. Written in old persian, elamite, and babylonian. Persians never forced their culture onto those they conquered. People are holding up the floor darius and the god is on. Type 2: existing cities with newly built places. Only one way to get in through a double staircase. Xerxes gate: standing guard at the entrance is lamassu (winged guardian figures, body of the bull, with wings, and head of the king. Architectural eclecticism: achaemenid column capitals with bulls on top and decorative features similar to. Lion as a wild animal darius protects his people from. Cylinder seal of darius i (3. 7 cm) Wear it so you (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:373)ark a do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith your (cid:862)sig(cid:374)ature(cid:863) Ahuramazda is looking out at the lion to help in killing the lion. Persepolis door jamb: royal hero fighting a lion.
