THE EMERGENCE OF WRITING

THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

• The English word is derived from the Latinroot words:

Reed stick with a sharpened wedge

Cuneus = Wedge Forma = form

THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

THE HAMMURABI CODE

THE HAMMURABI CODE

THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VroX-_thMLg

MESOPOTAMIAN ART

ARQUITECTURE

• For the first time in history, the arch and the vault were used toroof these buildings.

ARQUITECTURE

• Poor quality materialswere used:

– Adobe: a clay mixedwith straw and dried in the sun.

– Rectangular and regular clay bricks.

ARQUITECTURE

• Temples: Ziggurat– A stepped tower

ARQUITECTURE

• Temples: Ziggurat of Ur

ARQUITECTURE

• Palaces: Theywere surroundedby walls fittedwith largegateways and they had manyrooms.

• They wereadorned withreliefs, glazedceramics and frescoes.

ARQUITECTURE

• A view of Babylon and reconstructed Palace of Nebuchadnezzar.

SCULPTURE

• It was used toproduce statues of noble individuals.

SCULPTURE

• Reliefs representedfigures of wingedbulls with human heads, which servedto protect thepalace gates.

SCULPTURE

• Reliefs represented scenes of war and hunting, such as those of Ashurbanipal´spalace.

SCULPTURE

• Some reliefs were made with glazed bricks, such as those that decorated the Ishtar gate in Babylon.