ARTH 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ishtar Gate, Lamassu, Hattusa
21 Mar 2017
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Uruk (iraq), white temple, ziggurat, c. 3500-3000 bc. They have clay tiles shaped like an ice cream cone, and the pointed end goes into the wall. In uruk, gilgamesh built the city so that he would live on forever. Victory stele of naram-sin, susa (iran), 2254-2218 bc. Dark stones were used to symbolize upper class people and wealth. Ur (iraq), royal cemetery, funerary ornaments, gold helmet, royal lyre. Hugh ferris, empire state bldg, 1929-30, sepia photoprint. Royal lyre: animals doing people things, people doing animal things. The american military helped restore ur (pronounced ore) Royal standard of ur, one side is war and one side is peace. Stele of hammurabi with law code, susa, c. 1750 bc. Mckim, mead & white, boston public library, 1888-95. Khorsabad (iraq), citadel of sargon ii, c. 720 bc, lamassu. Ashurbanipal had relief carvings made for decoration and they are now used to help us. Ishtar gate, palace of nebuchadnezzarah ii, tower of babel.
