ARHS 2913 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Horned Helmet, Lagash, Lavash
27 Oct 2016
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Sumer collection of city-states established in meso. some autonomy complex religious systems each city under the protection of a god ruler of each city regarded as rep. on earth. Ziggurats stepped pyramidal structures with temples on top spiritual, administrative, and econ. centers. Face of a woman, 3500-3000bce could rep. ishtar marble, painted, inlaid brows and eyes, wig attached. Akkad conquered sumer around 2300bce semitic, spoke di erent lang. than sumerians, assimilated some sumerian traditions. Sargon of akkad shift in political power power was divided b/w city-states -> power was held by ruler. Stele of naramsin, 2254-2218bce evidence of shift of gov. system. Naramsin closer to the summit, wearing a horned helmet, larger than everyone depicted move towards greater naturalism doesn"t utilize registers legibility of narrative still paramount. Akkadians attacked by the guti, a mountain ppl. from the ne around 2150bce took control of central and lower meso. Sumerians kept control of lavash, led by gudea.
