ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lamassu, Narmer, Eshnunna
22 Oct 2017
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Arth week 2: cylinder seal of priest-king feeding scared sheep, ca. 3300 bce: babylonian deed of sale ( (cid:19877)), written in cuneiform ( ), ca. 1750 bce: remains of the (cid:862)white temple(cid:863) in its ziggurat ( ), ca. Uruk, iraq: statues from abu temple, tell asmar, ca. Big eyes: goat in a thicket, great death pit, royal cemetary at ur, ca. Wood gold, lapus lazuli, shell, copper, red limestone: royal standard of ur. 2600 bce: the scene of peace and prosperity ( ) side. The king is bigger than others, and wearing different clothing --- powerful. Hieratic: the more important the person is the bigger they are. Describe the whole organization of society with different people performing different roles. The organization is represented in three parts: powerful wealth people. The most important, wealthiest, most powerful figures are towards the top. People who are seated but not the king, are larger than the servants around them that are standing.
