AP Art History Slide Identification List

AP Art History Slide Identification List
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Ancient Near East 1		White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), c. 3200-3000 BCE
Ancient Near East 2		Reconstruction drawing of White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), c. 3200-3000 BCE
Ancient Near East 3		Female head (possibly the goddess Inanna), from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), c. 3200-3000 BCE, 8 inches high, Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Ancient Near East 4		*Warka Vase (also called Uruk Vase)*, showing presentation of offerings to Inanna, from Uruk, Mesopotamia, c. 3200-3000 BCE, alabaster, Iraq Museum (stolen 2003 then returned) Click here to read more about looting at Iraqi archeological sites.
Ancient Near East 5		*Standing male worshiper*, 2750–2600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), Gypsum inlaid with shell, black limestone, bitumen; H. 2' 6" high, Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Ancient Near East 6		*Fragment of the victory stele of Eannatum* (Stele of the Vultures), from Girsu (modern Telloh, Syria), ca. 2600-2500 BCE, limestone, full stele approx 5' 11" high, Louvre, Paris
Ancient Near East 7a Ancient Near East 7b Ancient Near East 7c		The Standard of Ur, from Ur (Southern Iraq), c. 2600-2400 BCE, wood, shell and lapis lazuli, H. 21 cm, British Museum, London (7a: war sidel, 7b: peace side, 7c: as reconstructed by Sir Leonard Woolley) For an online exploration of the excavations at Ur, click here and follow link to Sumer
Ancient Near East 8a Ancient Near East 8b		Bull Lyre, Tomb of Queen Puabi (reconstructed) Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar, Iraq), 2685 BCE, wood with lapis lazuli & shell, 18"h, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Detail of the Bull Lyre
Ancient Near East 9		The "Ram in the Thicket." from Ur (Southern Iraq) c. 2600-2400 BCE, Gold, silver, lapis lazuli, copper, shell, red limestone, and bitumen; H. 42.6 cm, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology To see images of recent conservation work on the Ram in the Thicket, click here
Ancient Near East 10		*Puabi's Headdres*, from Ur (Southern Iraq), c. 2600-2400 BCE, (includes comb, hair rings, wreaths, hair ribbons, and earrings) Gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Ancient Near East 11		*Banquet scene, cylinder seal*, From tomb of Queen Puabi, Royal Cemetary at Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar, Iraq), lapis lazuli, approx. 2" high, British Museum London
Ancient Near East 12		*Head of an Akkadian Ruler from Ninevah* (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 2250-2200 BCE, copper, 1' 2 3/8" high, Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Ancient Near East 13		*Ziggurat at Ur* ( Southern Iraq), c. 2100 BCE To learn more about ziggurats and the Ziggurat at Ur, click here
Ancient Near East 14a Ancient Near East 14b		Stele of Naramsin, c. 2254-2218 BCE, from Susa, Iran, 2254-2218 BCE, pink sandstone, height: 6' 7 ", Louvre, Paris Detail of above
Ancient Near East 15		Seated Gudea, Lagash (Iraq), c.2120BCE, diorite, 17 5/6", Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient Near East 16		Law Code of Hammurabi, Susa,Babylon (Iran), c.1792-1750 BCE, basalt, 7' high (stele), 28"h (top relief), Musee du Louvre, Paris.
Ancient Near East 17		*Investiture of Zimri-Lim*, mural painting from Court 106 of the palace at Mari (modern Tell Hariri), Syria, ca. 1775–1760 BCE. Louvre, Paris
Ancient Near East 18		*Lion Gate*, Boghazköy, Turkey, ca. 1400 BCE. Limestone, lions approx. 7’ high.
Ancient Near East 19		*Statue of Queen Napir-Asu*, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1350–1300 BCE. Bronze and copper, 4’ 2 3/4” high. Louvre, Paris.
Ancient Near East 20		*Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon II*, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE (after Charles Altman).
Ancient Near East 21		*Lamassu* (winged, human-headed bull), from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, ca. 720–705 BCE. Limestone, approx. 13’ 10” high. Louvre, Paris.
Ancient Near East 22		*Assyrian archers pursuing enemies*, relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Kalhu (modern Nimrud), Iraq, ca. 875–860 BCE. Gypsum, 2’ 10 5/8” high. British Museum, London.
Ancient Near East 23		*Ashurnasirpal II with attendants and soldier*, from his palace at Kalhu, Iraq, ca. 875–860 BCE. Glazed brick, 11 3/4” high. British Museum, London.
Ancient Near East 24		*Ashurbanipal hunting lions*, relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq, ca. 645–640 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high. British Museum, London.
Ancient Near East 25		Striding lion from the Ishtar Gate, Babylonian, Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604–561 B.C., Glazed bricks, Height: 106 cm (41 3/4 in.); width: 232 cm (91 5/16 in.), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ancient Near East 26		*Reconstruction of the "Ishtar Gates."* Ca. 575 B.C. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.
Ancient Near East 27		Apadana (Audience Hall) of Darius & Xerxes, Achaemenid, Persepolis, Persia (Iran), ca. 521–465 BCE. For more images of the palace complex at Persepolis click here Visit the British Museum's interactive website relating to Pesia (from their 2005-06 exhibition)
Ancient Near East 28		Processional frieze (detail) on the terrace of the royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca. 521–465 BCE.
Ancient Near East 29		*Palace of Shapur I*, Ctesiphon, Iraq, ca. 250 CE.
Ancient Near East 30		*Head of a Sasanian king (Shapur II?)*, ca. 350 CE. Silver with mercury gilding, 1’ 3 3/4” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Ancient Near East 31		*Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian*, rock-cut relief, Bishapur, Iran, ca. 260 CE.

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