Unit One Assignment: Ashurnasirpal II I have entered into the palace of the great Ashurnasirpal II‚ and am approaching the throne room to await my meeting with the king. In front of me are two Lamassu figures that guard the entrance‚ Colossal statue of a winged lion from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Fig. 1). I am immediately in awe of the sheer size of this pair of sculptures‚ they each stand over ten feet tall‚ towering over individuals who would like to enter the throne room. The
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The Palace of Ashurnasirpal II Assyrian Relief Panel 883-859 B.C.E. The Assyrian Gallery at MoMA The Metropolitan Museum itself is a work of art built with columns standing high above few levels of steps. Through the museum’s entrance‚ across the lobby‚ there is a grand staircase in the center that leads up to the second floor. Mentally‚ visitors choose to start their tour going up those stairs. The Great Hall Balcony is behind the staircase‚ which leads right into the Ancient Near East Gallery
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capital of ancient Nimrud‚ dating between 883-859 B.C. The unknown artist’s deliberate use of size‚ material‚ scale‚ style and content‚ together with the sculpture’s original setting‚ reflects the politically driven agenda during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II. Upon first viewing Relief of a winged genius‚ one cannot help but notice the enormity of the stone sculpture‚ which stands approximately seven feet long by six feet wide. The imposing size of this sculpture immediately impresses upon
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Audrey Pfeifer Artwork: Human–headed winged lion (Lamassu); 883–859 B.C.; Neo–Assyrian period‚ reign of Ashurnasirpal II; Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)‚ northern Mesopotamia; Alabaster (gypsum); H. 10 ft. 3 1/2 in. ! 1 Audrey Pfeifer ART 111 Professor Scheriff 13th November 2014 Ashurnasipal II – Human-headed Winged Lion (Lamassu) Ashunasipal II was one of the great‚ if not the greatest‚ king of Assyria and ruled from 883-859 B.C.E.. He was one of the earliest conquers of Assyria and he
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two reliefs from the Northwest Palace The Ashurnasirpal II’s palace‚ now called the Northwest palace‚ was built and finished in 879 BCE at Nimrud‚ located in today’s northern Iraq. It was dedicated to serve as the daily living place as well as the palace to meet with ministers for the king. Ashurnasirpal II chose Nimrud‚ the ancient Khahu‚ to be the capital and then built a series of fortified citadels around it.1 And it was on the citadel the Ashurnasirpal II built the magnificent Northwest Palace
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Cited: "The British Museum." Stone relief from the throne room of Ashurnasirpal II. The British Museum‚ 1994. Web. 7 Feb 2012. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/s/stone_throne_room_relief.aspx>. The Temple of Deir El-Bahri. Ask Aladdin‚ n.d. Web. 10 Feb 2012. <http://www.ask-aladdin
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also the divineness that they exhibit. The human heads are crowned and have horned caps‚ the headgear of deities in the ancient Near East. From the humanistic features that lie on their faces to their styled beards‚ they powerfully portray King Ashurnasirpal how he is depicted throughout the walls of the palace. The Assyrian sculptors who created the lion
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with one of the oldest literary works that we have the epic of Gilgamesh the modern text the standard version on which most modering translating are based‚ is comes from 7th century BCE. Copy that was found in the library of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal but the poem itself has the much older than that dating back to shortly after 2800 BCE. When a prisobably a historical king Gilgamesh was king of the Sumerian city Uruk which is near the Arabian Gulf. He must been a colorful and exciting figure
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Research Question: This study will take a closer look at the roles Neo-Assyrian queens and her households were responsible for in the function of the palace and‚ in extension‚ the Empire. In contrast to the traditionally held belief that women held no power in Neo-Assyrian palace‚ tablets and inscriptions from the era support the idea of a more assertive queenship. An important figure in the study of Neo-Assyrian queenship is Naqia‚ the possible wife of Sennacherib‚ who is the best-documented woman
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Wine-making vines were being grown in Crete and in mainland Greece. Wine was thought to be later introduced by the gods rather than always being present. * 870 BCE – One of the most amazing feasts in history was given in Assyria‚ courtesy of King Ashurnasirpal II * 430 BCE – Greek historian Herodotus visited Mesopotamia and noted that the main export (to Babylon) was wine. * 323 BCE – Alexander the Great died from a mysterious illness that was thought to be contributed to by wine. * 146
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