Chapter 2 Study Guide

Mesopotamian Art

Sumerian

• Warka Vase, Uruk, Iraq, c. 3200-3000 BC
• Standard of Ur, Royal Cemetery, Ur, c. 2600-2400 BC (war side and peace side)
• Eshnunna Statuettes, Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq, c. 2700 BC
• Bull-headed harp, tomb of Pu-abi, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, c. 2600-2400 BC

Akkadian

• Head of an Akkadian ruler, Nineveh, Iraq, c. 2250-2200 BC
• Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, Susa, Iran, 2254-2218 BC

Old Babylonian

• Stele with the Laws of Hammurabi, Susa, Iran, c. 1780 BC

Neo-Assyrian

• Lamassu (man-headed winged bull), citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq, c. 720-705 BC

Neo-Babylonian

• Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq, c. 575 BC

1. What is a ziggurat? What material was used to build it?

2. Describe the two forms and the functions of Mesopotamian seals.

3. What is hierarchy of scale?

4. Who was Inanna and which Sumerian city was considered her home?

5. How would the female head from Uruk (probably Inanna) have looked in its original state?

6. What do each of the two sides of the Standard of Ur represent?

7. What does the horned helmet in the Stele of Naram-Sin represent?

8. What purpose do the many diorite sculptures of Gudea of Lagash serve?

9. What is Hammurabi best known for?

10. How did Queen Napir-Assu ensure her statue would be enduring and unmovable? (list 2 ways)

11. Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar II was a mud-brick city. What was used to make the Ishtar gate a dazzling blue?