PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The striding lion is a mural made of blue and tannish glazed bricks. The bricks form a lion in a walking motion with the blue on the outside and tan on the inside representing the lion. This artifact was found in Babylon, Progressional Street. It was made between 604-561 B.C. This artifact is important to understand ancient Mesopotamia because it shows that lions were important to their culture. It also shows that art was important to them because they put a lot of time into this and they took the time to find all the stone.
The Banquet Plaque is a piece of stone with a women and a man at an event. Two sergeants tend to them and others come bearing gifts. The guests bring a jar, an animal to be killed, and other food/drink. There's also dancers and musicians. As the name states its a banquet scene. This artifact was found in Nippur, Mesopotamia between 2700-2500 B.C. This was used as part of a door locking system so it shows that they have pride in pretty much everything because the design on this looks like it took a while. It also shows they had party's a lot and they were very extravagant.
The Pazuzu Demon is considered the king of the demons of the wind, and the son of the god Hanbi. Pazuzu is a combination of animal and human parts with its 2 hands (right and left), body of a human, head of a lion or dog, eagle like taloned feet, two pairs of wings and a scorpions tail. This artifact was found in Nimrud, Northern Iraq around 800-550 B.C. The Pazuzu Demon is important to understanding ancient Mesopotamia because it shows that they believed in demons and has spiritual beliefs.
Duck weights were used as scale weights and were usually carved in the form of ducks with back turned heads. They were found around 1894-1595 B.C. near Eastern Mesopotamia. Duck Weights are important when understanding Mesopotamia because I'm guessing they saw ducks as a spirit animal. It also shows that they had access to these materials such as stone.
The Sickle Sword is a curved sword made out of bronze with the cuneiform inscription "Palace of Adad-nirari, king of the universe, son of Arik-den-ili, King of Assyria, Son of Enlil-nirari, King of Assyria" meaning this sword belonged to the middle Assyrian King Adad-nirari. This sword was found in Mesopotamia between 1307-1275 B.C. It is important to understanding Mesopotamia because swords would appear in Mesopotamian art as symbols of authority and were often owned by gods and kings.
