ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dur-Sharrukin, Tiye, Prince Rahotep
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Arth 120: week 2 lecture notes (sept 19, 2017) If jar was rolled along clay, design would create a larger image. Babylonian deed of sale (1750 bce / written in cuneiform: a very early form of writing, a practical document on land ownership. Royal standard of ur (2600 bce / lapis, red marble, and in-laid shells on a wooden box: possible sound box for a musical instrument, big emphasis on stuff, material goods (warhorses, soldiers, servants, animals, food, In-laid reliefs on wooden box etc. : believed that you can carry possessions into afterlife, ex. Is he putting himself on the same level as gods: hammurabi was considered a wise shepherd of his people . Reconstruction of the citadel of sargon ii (721-705 bce / dur sharrukin: from assyrian dynasties. Gate of the citadel of sargon ii with lamassu (742-706 bce: lamassu = assyrian protective deity, almost monsters.
