Art and Music in Ancient Mesopotamia

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  1. 2. Almost every statue in ancient Mesopotamia was a ________ standing quietly with hands clasped in prayer.
  2. 3. Music in ancient Babylonia had 7 _______ and modes.
  3. 5. This god is depicted in a relief carving presenting King Hammurabi with two symbols of authority on the stela of Hammurabi's Law Code.
  4. 6. An instrument with a frame and jingling cross bars.
  5. 10. The ___________ associated music with both war and royalty.
  6. 11. ________ of Gudea of Lagash was the name of a stone carved Sumerian figure.
  7. 12. One of these mosaics was found at Ur and,portraying both scenes from battle and a victorious feast, is inlaid with mussel shells, lapis lazuli, and mother-of-pearl.
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  1. 1. In ancient Sumer, music was used for _________ ceremonies and funerary rituals.
  2. 4. Straight or bent sticks held in each hand, of the percussion family.
  3. 7. ____________, gypsum, stone, or copper were used to create small statues of the gods.
  4. 8. This Sumerian instrument was held against the shoulder when played and shaped like a bow.
  5. 9. Carved reliefs were important forms of art, showing respected rulers or creatures in mythology, in _____________ and Assyria.