Mesopotamia Images:
 

The Development of Writing

token.jpg (58199 bytes)            Clay Bullae.gif (99855 bytes)                cylinderseals2.jpg (3882108 bytes)                cuneiform-assyrianengraving-isrealmus1.jpg (229939 bytes) 

 Clay Token      Clay Bullae      Cylinder Seals    Cuneiform

From the Royal Tombs of Ur (Early Dynastic Period)

Tomb800.gif (31149 bytes)                 skullur2600.jpg (129657 bytes)                 ramthicket2.gif (93790 bytes)   

Tomb of Queen Puabi        Queen Puabi        Ram Caught in a Thicket

Symbols of Empire

 ziggurat.jpg (55565 bytes)                           du-Louvre-code-of-Hammurabi.jpg (142423 bytes)     ki-tavo-6-stele-hammurabi.jpg (33272 bytes)                               hittite_chariot.jpg (11200 bytes)

   The Ziggurat at Ur       The Law Code of Hammurabi (with Detail)        Hittite Chariot

 

 

 

Instructor: Adam Hyatt    
Office: 244 Olin Hall    Phone: 972-2607    Email: ah43@uakron.edu
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