Guide 2 Flashcards
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Votive
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Wide eyed human-like figures (usually in prayer) solely used for religious purposes as a way of showing respect to divinity
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Ziggurat
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Mound or mountain stepped pyramids dedicated to gods or high figures
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Stela
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Stone slab to memorialize something
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Cuneiform
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Earliest form of the written language with wedge shaped marked pressed into clay invented by the Sumerians
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Register
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Horizontal band of printed or carved writing or images
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Incised (intaglio)
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carving into a hard surface of a stone with a sharp object for printing
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Monumental
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Size of something
or
A work of art as a monument
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Crenellation
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Alternating high and low sections of a wall, giving a notched appearance and creating permanent defensive shields on top of fortified buildings
