Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 13th edition

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Chapter 2 : The Ancient Near East

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Plate 1 — Jii-0648
Title: Law Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
View: Detail; upper part with Hammurabi appearing before seated Shamash, god of the sun and of justice
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
Plate 6 — Jii-0589
Title: Standing male worshipers
Creator(s):
Date: 2750?2600 BCE
View: Total from front center View shows three statuettes of worshippers, including 62.70.2
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2750?2600 BCE
Plate 7 — Jii-0671
Title: Stele of vultures
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2450-2330 BCE
View: Soldiers with spears and shields
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2450-2330 BCE
Plate 9 — BAL-041761
Title: Royal Standard of Ur, `Peace' side, from the Sumerian Royal Graves of Ur, Early Dynastic Period, 2750 BC (mosaic)
Creator(s):
Date: 2750 BCE
View:
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
Date: 2750 BCE
Plate 11 — Jic-1067
Title: Cylinder Seal with Imprint
Creator(s):
Date: 2400-2200 BC, Akkad Period
View:
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2400-2200 BC, Akkad Period
Plate 12 — XIR-189592
Title: Head of Sargon I
Creator(s):
Date: 2400-2200 BCE
View:
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
Date: 2400-2200 BCE
Plate 13 — Jii-0656
Title: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2254-2218 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2254-2218 BCE
Plate 16 — Jii-0667
Title: Seated Statue of Gudea Holding Temple Plan from Girsu
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2100 BCE
View: Total from front left
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2100 BCE
Plate 17 — Jii-0646
Title: Law Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
Plate 18 — Dva-0248
Title: Lion Gate
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
View: General view
Vendor: Davis Art Images
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
Plate 19 — Jii-0664
Title: Statue of Queen Napirasu, wife of King Untash-Napirisha
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1340-1300 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1340-1300 BCE
Plate 21 — Jii-0640
Title: Winged human-headed bulls
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 721-705 BCE
View: Total of left bull from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 721-705 BCE
Plate 22 — Jii-0697
Title: Men with Bows and Arrows Shooting Birds
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 715 BCE
View: Total from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 715 BCE
Plate 24 — Dva-0365
Title: Ishtar Gate [restored]
Creator(s):
Date: c575 BCE
View: General view
Vendor: Davis Art Images
Date: c575 BCE
Plate 24 — Dva-0366
Title: Ishtar Gate [restored]
Creator(s):
Date: c575 BCE
View: Detail: lion
Vendor: Davis Art Images
Date: c575 BCE
Plate 25 — XIR-175581
Title: Palace, Persepolis
Creator(s):
Date: 6th-5th century BC
View:
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
Date: 6th-5th century BC
Plate 26 — Dva-0286
Title: Royal Audience Hall of Darius I, east stairway relief of offering-bearers
Creator(s):
Date: c500 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Davis Art Images
Date: c500 BCE
Plate 26 — XIR-209288
Title: Treasury
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 515 BCE
View: Median officer paying homage to King Darius I
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
Date: ca. 515 BCE
Plate 27 — XIR-192165
Title: Palace of Ctesiphon
Creator(s): Dieulafoy, Jeanne (1851-1916)
Date: published 1884-85
View:
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
Date: published 1884-85
Plate 28 — Jia-2002
Title: Achaemenian Tombs and Sasanian Bas-Reliefs, including Triumph of Shapur I
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 241?272 (reign of Shapur I)
View: Close detail Shapur I Triumphing Over the Emperors Philippus the Arab and Valerian (in 259)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 241?272 (reign of Shapur I)

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