feb 16, 2600 BC - Standard of Ur
Description:
Date: 2,600 BCE ~ 2,400 BCE
Artist: unkown
Medium: wood inlayed with shell,
lapis lazuli and limestone
Location:
original: Royal Tombs of Ur, Iraq
current: British Museum, London
Function:
- two sides that shows war on one side and peace on the other side
- historical narrative
- holder of currency used to pay for the war
- music box
- very small to be easiliy carried around
Forms:
- Colorful mosaic tiles made from shell , red limestone , blue lapis lazuli, set in bitumen
- the material as all not local so it needed to be brought in somehow
Added to timeline:
APArt History GDQ
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