• Standard of Ur
  • c. 2600 to 2400 B.C.E
  • Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
  • Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq)

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Standard of Ur

  • contrast war and peace on opposite sides of the standard
  • Three rows in hierarchical proportion
  • The beginning of a narrative
  • Function is unclear, possibly procession
  • Used by patesi (priest-king)