Ancient Art: Mesopotamia & Asia Minor

Oberlin College Department of Art
Approaches to Western Art History: Arts 103


The White Temple
3500 BCE
Warka, Sumeria

Statues fr/Abu Temple
2700 BCE (Sumeria)
Baghdad, Iraq Museum

Bull's head from Harp
2685 BCE (Sumeria)
Univ.Penn. Museum

Soundbox of Harp
2685 BCE (Sumeria) BCE
Univ. Penn. Museum

Akkadian Ruler
2200 BCE
Baghdad, Iraq Museum

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
2200 BCE (Akkadian)
Paris, Musee du Louvre

Head of Gudea
2150 BCE (Neo-Sumerian)
Boston, MFA (from Lagash)

Gudea with Plan
2150 BCE (Neo-Sumerian)
Paris, Musee du Louvre

Stele of Hammurabi
1760 BCE (Baylonian)
Paris, Musee du Louvre

Lion Gate
1400 BCE (Hittite)
Bogazkoy, Turkey

Ashurnasipal II Lion Hunt
850 BCE (Assyrian)
London, British Museum

Citadel of Sargon II
742-706 BCE (Neo-Babylonian)
Khorsabad

Ishtar Gate
575 BCE (Neo-Baylonian)
Paris, Musee du Louvre

Stag from Kostromskaya
700-600 BCE (Scythian)
St Petersburg, Hermitage

Audience Hall of Darius
500 BCE (Persian)
Persepolis

Bull Capital
375 BCE (Persian)
Paris, Musee du louvre

Images Courtesy Art Across Time by Laurie Schneider Adams
Published by McGraw-Hill 1999

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