ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lamassu, Hatshepsut, Narmer
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Arth 120: week 2- the living and the dead: assyria and egypt (readings: janson, pp. Map: this fertile land was first made into cities (not hunter and gathers), these were farmers, they had a surplus of food, since everyone was a farmer, now they had tons of food. It was the wide land for farming, now it is just desert area for us they become a hierarchy society, kings, architecture, artists etc: politically unstable then and now, because no natural defenses. Cylinder seal of priest-king feeding scared sheep, ca. 3300 bce (preservation of food: the cylinder seal is used to make a wax or impression on the cylinder seal on a jar, roughly 2 in 1inch tall. How to use: just simple roll it onto the surface. Babylon deed of sale, written in cuneiform, ca. Era where writing began: from the beginning there was an impulse to make art, then they have an impulse to write poetry, wedge shape marks.