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Art History Test 1
Sumer, Akkad, Neo Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria, Neo-Babylonia, Persia, Early Dynastic Egypt, Old Kingdon Egypt, Middle Kingdom Egypt, New Kingdom Egpt
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
09/25/2017

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Title: Carved Vessel

Chronological Period: Sumer

Location: Uruk

Materials: Alabaster 

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Title: Twelve Votive Figures

Chronological Period: Sumer

Location: Unknown

Materials: Limestone, Alabaster, Gypsum

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Title: Scenes of War

Chronological Period: Sumer

Location: Ur

Materials: Shell, Lapis Lazuli, Red Limestone, Bitumen

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Title: Stele of Naram-Sin

Chronological Period: Akkad

Location: Sippar

Materials: Limestone

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Title: Nanna Ziggurat

Chronological Period: Neo Sumeria

Location: Ur

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Votive Statue of Gudea

Chronological Period: Neo Sumeria

Location: Girsu

Materials: Diorite

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Title: Stele of Hammurabi

Chronological Period: Babylon

Location: Sippar

Materials: Basalt

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Title: Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions

Chronological Period: Assyria

Location: Kalhu

Materials: Alabaster

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Title: Guardian Figures at Gate A of the Citadel of Sargon II

Chronological Period: Assyria

Location: Dur Sharrukin

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Reconstruction Drawing of Babylon in the 6th Century BCE

Chronological Period: Neo-Babylonia

Location: Unknown

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute

Chronological Period: Persia

Location: Persepolis

Materials: Limestone

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Title: The Palette of Narmer

Chronological Period: Early Dynastic Egypt

Location: Hierakonpolis

Materials: Green Schist

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Title: The Step Pyramid and Sham Buildings, Funerary Complex of Djoser

Chronological Period: Early Dynastic Egypt

Location: Saqqara

Materials: Limestone

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Title: Great Pyramids

Chronological Period: Old Kingdom Egypt

Location: Giza

Materials: Limestone and Granite

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Title: Khafre

Chronological Period: Old Kingdom Egypt

Location: Giza

Materials: Diorite-Gabbro Gneiss

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Title: Rock-Cut Tombs, Beni Hasan

Chronological Period: Middle Kingdom Egypt

Location: Beni Hasan

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Hatshepsut Kneeling

Chronological Period: New Kingdom Egypt

Location: Deir el-Bahri

Materials: Red Granite

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Title: Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir El-Bahri

Chronological Period: New Kingdom Egypt

Location: Deir el-Bahri

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Akhenaten and his Family

Chronological Period: New Kingdom Egypt

Location: Akhetaten

Materials: Limestone

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Title: Temple of Ramses II

Chronological Period: New Kingdom Egypt

Location: Abu Simbel

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Figure of a Woman with a Drawing Showing Evidence of Original Painting and Outlining Design Scheme

Chronological Period: Cyclades

Location: Unknown

Materials: Marble

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Title: Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers

Chronological Period: Minoan

Location: Akrotiri

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Bull Leaping

Chronological Period: Minoan

Location: Knossos

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Harvester Rhyton

Chronological Period: Minoan

Location: Hagia Triada

Materials: Steatite

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Title: The Flotilla Fresco

Chronological Period: Minoan

Location: Akrotiri

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Lion Gate

Chronological Period: Mycenae

Location: Unknown

Materials: Unknown

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Title: Corbel Vault, Interior of Tholos, the so-called Treasury of Atreus

Chronological Period: Mycenae

Location: Unknown

Materials: Limestone

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Ziggurat
Definition
In ancient Mesopotamia, a tall stepped tower of earthen materials, often supporting a shrine
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Sarcophagus
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A stone coffin. Often rectangular and decorated with relief sculpture
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Serdab
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In ancient Egyptian tombs, the small room in which the ka statue was placed
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Necropolis
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A large cemetery or burial area; literally a "city of the dead"
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Votive Figure
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An image created as a devotional offering to a deity
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Lamassu
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Supernatural guardian-protector of ancient Near Eastern palaces and throne rooms
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Rhyton
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A vessel in the shape of a figure or an animal, used for drinking or pouring liquids on special occasions
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Labrys
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"Double Axe"
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Stele
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A stone slab placed vertically and decorated with inscriptions or reliefs. Used as a grave marker or commemorative monument
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Megaron
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The main hall of a Mycenaean palace or grand house
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Sunken Relief
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Relief sculpture is a three-dimensional image or design whose flat background surface is carved away to a certain depth, setting off the figure. Called sunken relief when the image is carved below the original surface of the background, which is not cut away
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Buon Fresco
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Fresco is a painting technique in which water-based pigments are applied to a plaster surface. If the plaster is painted when wet, the color is absorbed by the plaster, becoming a permanent part of the wall
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