V. The cultures of the Ancient “Near East” Akkadians, Neo-Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Phoenicians Periods of Art History I: from Prehistory to Trajan Plan of the Lesson 1. Akkadian Empire 2. Neo-Sumerians and consolidation of royal power 3. Babylonians 4. Cylinder seals as a constant of mesopotamian ”art” 5. Hittites 6. Phoenicians V. Ancient “Near East” Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites and Phoenicians Periods of Art History I: from Prehistory to Trajan Head of a ruler (Sargon the Great?) Found in Nineveh Bronze Akkadian Period, ca. 2300–2200 BCE Iraqi Museum, Baghdad Head of a ruler (Sargon the Great?) Found in Nineveh Bronze Akkadian Period, ca. 2300–2200 BCE Iraqi Museum, Baghdad Victory stele of Naram-Sin (grandson of Sargon), king of Akkad, Akkadian period, ca. 2250 BCE / Musée du Louvre, Paris Boundary stone - Kudurru Kudurru (stele) of King Melishipak I (1186–1172 BCE), Musée du Louvre, Paris Kudurru for Šitti-Marduk c. 1150 BCE British Museum Neo-Sumerians – Sumerian Renaissance – Ur III Statue of Gudea, diorite, 44 x 21,5 x 29,5 cm, neo-Sumerian, c. 2,090 BCE, from Girsu / Metropolitan Museum, New York Gudea of Lagash Old Babylonian Empire: c. 1900 BC – c. 1600 BC The stele of Hamurabbi code, basalt, c. 1792 - -1750 BCE, Louvre The Burney Relief, Old Babylonian, 19th-18th century BCE, British Museum Rod and ring symbol Worshipper of Larsa, copper, c. 1792 BC-1750 BC, Louvre “To Amurru, his god, for the life of Hammurabi, king of Babylon, and for his own life, Lu-Nanna, son of Sîn-le’i, fashioned a copper statuette (in the attitude) of a suppliant, the face goldplated, and dedicated it to him to (represent) his servant.” Cylinder seals in Mesopotamia Cylinder-seal of the Uruk period and its impression, c.3100 BC. Louvre Museum. Cylinder seal of First Dynasty of Ur Queen Puabi, found in her tomb, dated circa 2600 BCE, with modern impression, Iraq, lapis lazuli, 4,2 cm long, diameter 2,6 cm, Penn Museum, Philedalphia Cylinder seal with heroes dominating lions, chalcedony, Akkadian, ca. 2400–2200 BCE, British Museum, London Cylinder seal with royal worshiper before a god on a throne, hematite, ca. 1820–1730 BCE. Metropolitan Museum, New York Kingdom of Hattusa, ca. 1350–1300 BCE 1274 BCE, Battle of Qadesh Patera, repoussé gold, 14th–13th century BCE, Ras Shamra-Ugarit, acropolis adjacent to the temple of Baal, Musée du Louvre, Paris Ruins of Ḫattuša, today Boğazkale Rock carving from Yazılıkaya ca. 1250-1220 BCE Priest-King or Deity, c. 1600 BCE, North Syria, basalt with bone eyes; overall: 87.6 cm / The Cleveland Museum of Art Seated goddess with a child, Hittite Empire, 1,300–1,200 BCE, gold, 4,3 x 1,7 x 1,9 cm, Metropolitan Museum, New York Gold figures of deities, Hittite, 13th century B.C.E., from Carchemish, south-east Anatolia (modern Turkey), largest figure 1.750 cm high Vessel terminating in the forepart of a bull, silver, Hittite, ca. 14th–13th century BCE, Metropolitam Museum of Art New York Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, Silver, gold inlay, Hittite, ca. 14th–13th century BCE, MET Ivory Plaque with Two Winged Female Figures Flanking Lotus Tree from Nimrud, 8th-7th century BCIvory plaque with ram-headed sphinx, 8th-7th century BCE Stele from Amrit, 9th-6th-century BCE, Musée du Louvre Phoenician silver-gilt bowl, 7th–8th centuries BCE Walters Art Museum Bronze bowl from Nimrud (Northwest Palace), with Egyptianizing motifs, lebeled as "Phoenician" art. Ca. 9th-8th century BCE. British Museum