Figure I-6 Lion-Human, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000–26,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory, 11 5/8” high. Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany.Figure I-7 Woman from Willendorf (Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 24,000 BCE. Limestone, approx. 4 1/4” high. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.Figure I-10 Wall painting with horses, rhinoceroses, and aurochs. Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-dʼArc, Ardèche, France, ca. 30,000–28,000 BCE. Approx. half life-size. Paint on limestone.1-12. Man, injured bison. Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE.Deer hunt, detail of a wall painting from Level III, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca. 5750 BCE. Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Ankara.Çatalhöyük. Vultures.(see Text box p. 32) Face of a Woman, known as the Warka head, from Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, ca. 3300–3000 BCE. Marble, approx. 8” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.2-3 Uruk Vase, or Warka Vase (2 views). Presentation of offerings to Inanna. From Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. Alabaster, 3ʼ 1/4” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.(Text box p. 34-35). The Great Lyre with Bullʼs Head, and detail of front panel. Royal Tomb, Ur. Ca. 2550-2400 BCE. UPenn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.2-4 Votive Figures. The Square Temple, Eshnunna. Ca. 2900-2600 BCE. Limestone, alabaster, and gypsum. Height of largest = 30”. Oriental Institute.2-6 Head of an Akkadian ruler, from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq, ca. 2300–2200 BCE. Copper, 1ʼ 2 3/8” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.2-1 Stele of Naram-Sin, from Sippar, found at Susa, Iran, 2220–2184 BCE. Limestone or pink sandstone, approx. 6ʼ 6” high. Louvre, Paris.(text box p. 38) Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 BCE. Basalt, approx. 7ʼ 4” high. Louvre, Paris.2-10 Assurnasirpal II hunting lions, Palace complex of Assurnasirpal II, Kalhu (modern Nimrud), Iraq, ca. 850 BCE. Alabaster, 39” (99.1 cm) high. British Museum, London.2-13 Assurbanipal and his queen in the garden. The palace at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq. ca. 647 BCE. Alabaster, height approximately 21” (53.3 cm). The British Museum, London.2-15 Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 BCE. Glazed brick. Staatliche Museen, Berlin.(see 2-18) Detail, Processional frieze, royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca. 521–465 BCE.(text box p. 52) The Narmer Palette, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Early Dynastic, ca. 2950–2775 BCE. Green schist (slate), approx. 2ʼ 1” (64 cm) high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.Columnar entrance corridor to the mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, ca. 2630–2575 BCE.3-4 Great Pyramids, Giza, Egypt, Dynasty IV. From left: Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu.3-8 Khafre, from Giza, Valley Temple of Khafre, Egypt, Dynasty IV, ca. 2520–2494 BCE. Diorite, approx. 5ʼ 6” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.Hatshepsut Enthroned. Deir el-Bahri. Dynasty XVIII. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.3-26 Akhenaten and his family, from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, ca. 1353–1336 BCE. Limestone, approx. 12 1/4” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin.4-2 Figure of a Woman. c. 2600–2400 BCE. Height 24 3/4”.4-6 Bull Leaping. Late Minoan period, c. 1550–1450 BCE. Height approx. 24 1/2”.4-10 Octopus Flask. “New Palace” period, c. 1500–1450 BCE. Height 11”.4-12 Landscape (“Spring Fresco”). Before 1630 BCE.4-7 Woman or Goddess with Snakes. “New Palace” period, c. 1700–1550 BCE. Height 11 5/8” as restored.Aerial view of the citadel at Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.(text box pp. 96-97) Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1250 BCE. Limestone, relief panel approx. 9ʼ 6” high.4-18 Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1200