This PowerPoint presents the culture and art of early Mesopotamia, including Sumer and Akkad.

1. Early Mesopotamian Culture

3. Some Mesopotamian Gods

4. Shamash (Utu)

5. Ea (Enki)

6. Ishtar (Inanna)

7. Sin (Nanna)

8. The Great Ziggurat of Ur
c. 2500-2050 BCE

13. Sumerian Art
c. 3500-2350 BCE

15. The Standard of Ur
c. 2600 BCE

19. Votive Figures

20. Standing Man, c. 2600 BCE

21. Worshiper, c. 2500-2350 BCE

22. Votive Calf, c. 2400 BCE

23. The Tomb of Queen Puabi
c. 2,600 BCE

24. Queen Puabi’s Headdress

25. Bull-Headed Lyre

26. Akkadian Art
c. 2360-2180 BCE

28. Head of a Sumerian Ruler (Sargon?)
c. 2300 BCE

29. Head of a Ruler, c. 2300-2200 BCE

30. Stele of Naram-Sin, c. 2300-2200 BCE

32. Neo-Sumerian Art
c. 2150-1800 BCE

33. King Gudea of Lagash, c. 2120 BCE

34. King Gudea, c. 2120 BCE

35. Human-Headed Bull, c. 2120 BCE

36. Votive Dog, c. 1894-1866 BCE

37. Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals

38. Hero Wrestling Water Buffalo
and Bull-Man Wrestling Lion
2250-2100 BCE

39. Griffin Battling a Horse
14th-13th c. BCE

40. Lion Hunt
8th-7th c. BCE

41. King Battling Griffin
8th-7th c. BCE

42. King Holding Griffins at Bay
6th-5th c. BCE