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Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium

Describe the artistic style of Mesopotamian artists by the third century BCE. What kind of art has been found from this time period? (1-2 short answer)

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By the third millennium BCE Mesopotamian artists produced stylized, highly detailed works with rigid, frontal poses, large staring eyes, hierarchical scale, and narrative scenes arranged in horizontal registers. Archaeologists have found votive stone statues, carved reliefs, finely incised cylinder seals, inlaid objects like the Standard of Ur, metalwork and jewelry, musical instruments, and monumental architecture such as ziggurats and decorated palaces.