2 Written Questions

1. Babylonian, basalt, ca. 1780BC. The relief is in true profile (4 horns on headdress visible instead of existing 8), tentative exploration of foreshortening.
2. relief from the palace, Ninevah, Assyrian, ca. 645-640BCE. This scene of hunting and killing lions was thought of as a manly royal virtue on par with victory in warfare.

2 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ur (cont. Iraq), Sumerian. ca. 2600BCE Uses registers, heirarchy of scale, narrative. War is battlefield victory, soldiers present bond captives to kinglike superior figure. Peace side may be a victory celebration.
   1. Stele with law code of Hammurabi
   2. Lion Gate
   3. Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
   4. War side and peace side of the Standard of Ur
2. from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Assyria, ca. 720-705 BCE. Winged, man-headed bulls served to ward off the king's enemies.
   1. Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
   2. Lamassu
   3. Ziggurat
   4. Lion Gate

2 True/False Questions

1. Lion Gate → Anatolia (Turkey), limestone. ca. 1400 BCE. 7 foot tall lions guarded the main gateway at Boghazkoy.

   True        False

2. Ziggurat → Anatolia (Turkey), limestone. ca. 1400 BCE. 7 foot tall lions guarded the main gateway at Boghazkoy.

   True        False