Babylon art timeline

Babylon

By TristianEmiliano18
  • The Map of the World, Late Babylonian, 6thC BC, Abu Habba (Sippar) Asia: Middle East: Iraq: Iraq, South: Abu Habba (Sippar) Height: 12.20 centimetres Width: Width: 8.20 centimetres,

    The Map of the World, Late Babylonian, 6thC BC, Abu Habba (Sippar) Asia: Middle East: Iraq: Iraq, South: Abu Habba (Sippar) Height: 12.20 centimetres Width: Width: 8.20 centimetres,

    The tablet is a map showcasing where everything is, the sun, the river, even the underworld. Aswell as showcasing the locations of monsters like the serpent,the great dragon, scorpion-man and bison. themes shown here are cosmology and belief, deties, technology through the creation of the tablet and the natural world through the map.
  • The "Queen of the Night" Relief, 1800-1750 B.C.E., Old Babylonian, baked straw-tempered clay, 49 x 37 x 4.8 cm, Southern Iraq © Trustees of the British Museum

    The "Queen of the Night" Relief, 1800-1750 B.C.E., Old Babylonian, baked straw-tempered clay, 49 x 37 x 4.8 cm, Southern Iraq © Trustees of the British Museum

    She represents love and fertility, also based on the way her body is shaped and sculpted, theres a sense of worship due to her body image which in those times to have a body like that you were basically perfect. Common themes here are the body, dieties, body adornment.