White Temple and Ziggurat
Standard of Ur
Law Code and Stele of Hammurabi
Apadana and Bull Capital of Darius and Xerxes
Votive Figures
Lamassu
100
A city state where the king is also a priest.
What is a theocracy?
100
A ground line upon which different scenes are organized which divides an art work into sections.
What is a register?
100
A type of ancient monument that is usually made of stone or wood and used to convey information through images, text, or both.
What is a stele?
100
The decorative top of a column that connects the column to the structure it supports.
What is a capital?
100
The main chamber of an ancient temple, where the image of a deity was housed.
What is a cella?
100
The power to avert evil influences or bad luck.
What is apotropaic?
200
A man-made mountain of mud bricks built so that man might be close to the gods
What is a ziggurat?
200
Ancient Sumer in a royal tomb.
Where was this artifact discovered?
200
A type of volcanic rock used to carve this artifact.
What is basalt?
200
A type of sculpture where the figures are slightly raised from the background.
What is bas relief?
200
The votive figures were placed in the temple instead of the actual person.
What is proxy worship?
200
The king who commissioned these artifacts.
Who is Sargon II?
300
Two or three angular changes in direction as one ascends the promonade to the white temple.
What is the bent-axis approach?
300
Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, red limestone from India, and shell from Iraq.
What is the evidence of trade w/ other civilizations?
300
Shamash.
What is the name of the god who gives Hammurabi his authority and divine laws?
300
A type of sculpture that projects from a flat surface, or background, in varying degrees.
What is relief sculpture?
300
"one who offers prayers"
What is the inscription on a votive figure?
300
Another name for Lamassu.
Guardian figures.
400
White wash was applied to the white temple annually.
What is a purification ceremony?
400
An additional item found in the royal tomb.
A harp or lyre.
400
Features that distinguish the god Shamash.
What are his bull-horned crown, the rays of divine power that eminate from his shoulders, his throne, his foot-stool of ziggurats?
400
The local governor appointed by Darius to rule over the conquered people.
What is a satrap?
400
These could not be disposed of carelessly as they were sacred objects.
Why were these buried under the temple floors?
400
The composite features of the Lamassu.
What creatures have the heads of men, wings of eagles, and body of a bull?
500
A tar or pitch-like material called ___, similar to what is used for road paving, was applied to the veranda and overlaid with brick for a firm and waterproof foundation.
What is bitumen?
500
There is evidence of a stratified society on the peace side such as a division of laborers.
How do we know that agriculture was successful?
500
The language of the law, the earliest written script coming out of Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
500
An architectural style taken from the Egyptians, characterized by a room full of columns.
What is a hypostyle hall?
500
Eshnuna.
Where were the votives found?
500
Features of the crown.
What are incized rosettes, double bull horns, and a ring of incized feathers?