How the gods of Mesopotamia differ from the gods of Egypt

How the gods of Mesopotamia differ from the gods of Egypt

Chapter 2 Mesopotamia, Gods, Rulers and Social Order
Learning Objectives
• How the gods of Mesopotamia differ from the gods of
Egypt.
• effects geography and topography had on Mesopotamia’s
history and religious life.
• who was Gilgamesh?
• social roles/order.
• Analyze Mesopotamian art.
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Figure 2-2 Sound box of the lyre from Tomb 789
("King's Grave"), Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell
Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Wood with inlaid
gold, lapis lazuli, and shell, approx. 1’ 7” high.
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia.
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Figure 2-3 Harp reconstructed) from ,
Ur (modern Iraq), ca. 2600 BCE. Wood
and inlays of gold and lapis lazuli and
shell, approx. 3’ 6” high. British
Museum, London
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2-14 Head of an Akkadian
ruler, Sargon l, from Nineveh
(modern Kuyunjik), Iraq, ca.
2250–2200 BCE. Bronze, 12”
high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
Figure
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Figure 2-5a War side of the Standard of Ur, from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell
Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, approx. 8”
x 1’ 7”. British Museum, London.
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Figure 2-5b Peace side of the Standard of Ur, from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur
(modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red
limestone, approx. 8” x 1’ 7”. British Museum, London.
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Figure 2-6 Stele of Hammurabi,
first Babylonian dynasty, from
Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 BCE. Basalt,
approx. 7’ 4” high. Louvre, Paris.
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Figure 2-147 Ziggurat (northeastern facade with restored stairs), Third Dynasty of
Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2100 – 2050 BCE.
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Fig. 2.9 statuettes from the Abu Temple, Tell Asmar, Iraq, ca. 2900-2600 B.C.E.,
Marble, tallest figure ca.30in. Iraq Museum, Bagdad, and Oriental Museum,
University of Chicago
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Fig. 2.14 King Ashurnasirpal ll killing ions, from Palace of Ashurnarsipal ll, Nimrud,
ca. 883-859 B.C.E. Alabaster relief, 3 ft. 3 in. x 8ft. 4in , Reproduced by courtesy of
the Trustees of the British Museum, London
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Figure 2-15 winged, human-headed
bull from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur
Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq,
ca. 720 BCE. Limestone, approx. 13’
10” high. Louvre, Paris.
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Fig. 2.1 Ancient Southwest Asia (Near and Middle East)