01:082:105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Inanna
23 Feb 2017
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Bison horns facing inwards towards dead body of bad guy, belief about power, hierarchy, & afterlife. Floods & leaves land fertile for a year = lots of food. Functioned to: mark territory, early form of signature, mark smaller belongings. White temple of anu @ urak (warka); 3200-3000 bc. Ziggurat of king umamnu; dedicated to the moon-god nannu; ca. God sees you when your first walk in, you"re looking for god. Similar hand posture exaggerated eyes looking of god . Offerings to god to say thanks or hopes of receiving. Don"t always look like people but remind of giver. Size determines economic status & likeliness of being noticed. Mask of woman, possibly human; 3200-3000 bc; warka; marble. Divet in head for headpiece or hair. Naked- not supposed to be see, on accident. Large cult vase from uruk (warka); temple of inanna); 3200-3000 bc, alabaster, 41 . Each band is a register hierarchy , taking gifts to inanna, sacrificial animals.
