NEAREAST 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Flavian Dynasty, Lekythos, Behistun Inscription
20 Nov 2016
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Persia: bisitun monument of darius the great (519 bce) On highway, intended for everyone to see it (like a billboard) Darius is followed by a servant with a bow. Persian bird, still the symbol of iran today. Used to store less precious liquids (wine, water) Elaborate decoration, not just a shipping container. First make the pottery, then use a knife to etch in drawing. 4 colors created by rubbing certain chemicals together and burning it in the kiln for certain times. Hercules (half human half god) is fighting with amazons (very fierce women fighters) Hercules wants to negotiate, they say no, he gets mad and kill all the amazonians. Often mixed wine and water (wine purifies water) Priest to the god of horus (god of death) Tells us what people looked like at the time. Djehutymose embraced by 2 goddesses, one of them nut (the god of the sky)
