The Art of the Middle East Including Persia, Mesopotamia and PalestineSurvey of the art and archaeology of the countries later known as Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Elan, together with the whole of the Arabian peninsula. |
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The Art of the Middle East Including Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine Sir Leonard Woolley No preview available - 2021 |
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3rd millennium B.C. Akkad Alaca Höyük Alalakh Aleppo Anatolia animal Ankara Approx Archaeological Museum architecture artist Assyrian Babylon Baghdad basalt Bogazköy brick British Museum bronze building bull Byblos Carchemish carved centre century B.C. Cf colour columns copper culture cylinder seals Cylinder-seal Cylinder-seal impression decoration detail Egypt Egyptian Elam Elamite empire engraved façade figures frieze gateway goddess gold Greek Hattusas head Height Hittite Hurri influence invasion Iraq Museum ivory Jamdat Jamdat Nasr period Kassite king kingdom Lagash later limestone lions Louvre Mesopotamia MICHIGAN millennium B.C. Cf Mitanni models monuments motives north Syria northern original palace Palestine Palmyrene Parthian Persian Phoenician Phrygian PLATE reed relief Roman round Royal Sargon scene sculpture slabs statue statuette stela stone style Sumer Sumerian Susa Syria Syro-Hittite technique Tell Halaf temple Third Dynasty tomb tradition Ubaid Ugarit Urartian Urartu Uruk vase vessels walls Warka ziggurat