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"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS . "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”. Mesopotamia/Ancient Near East. Cylinder Seal. Frontispiece (s). Lamassu. Sumerian. Uruk Vase, c.3000 BCE, 36” . Registers Theme: Ritual marriage of goddess and king

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"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

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  1. THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

  2. Mesopotamia/Ancient Near East

  3. Cylinder Seal

  4. Frontispiece (s) Lamassu

  5. Sumerian

  6. Uruk Vase, c.3000 BCE, 36” Registers Theme: Ritual marriage of goddess and king to ensure fertility of crops

  7. Great Lyre, c.2500BCE Themes: Royal Art Funerary Art: Mourning Narrative Art: Banquet in the realm of the dead

  8. Themes: • Imperial Authority • Art and Text • Form: Hieratic Scale Akkadian: Stele of Naram-Sin, c.2200 BCE

  9. Babylonian

  10. Assyrian

  11. Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, Ninevah, c.647. • Themes: • Royal Power • Genre: an apparent domestic scene

  12. Neo-Babylonia Nebuchadnezzar Processional Way honoring Marduk Mushhushshu

  13. Parsa (Persepolis)

  14. Themes: Diversity of the Empire Military control/power Emphasize economic prosperity

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