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The Origins of Writing
The alluvial plains of southern Mesopotamia in the later half of the fourth millennium B.C. witnessed a immense expansion in the number of populated sites. Scholars still debate the reasons for this population increase, which seems to be too large to be explained simply by normal growth. One site, the city of Uruk, surpassed all others as an urban center surrounded by a group of secondary settlements. It covered approximately 250 hectares, or .96 square miles, and has been called "the first city in world history." The site was dominated by large temple estates whose need for accounting and disbursing of revenues led to the recording of economic data on clay tablets. The city was ruled by a man depicted in art with many religious functions. He is often called a " priest-king ." Underneath this office was a stratified society in which certain professions were held in high esteem. One of the earliest written texts from Uruk provides a list of 120 officials including the leader of the city, leader of the law, leader of the plow, and leader of the lambs, as well as specialist terms for priests, metalworkers, potters, and others. Many other urban sites existed in southern Mesopotamia in close proximity to Uruk. To the east of southern Mesopotamia lay a region located below the Zagros Mountains called by modern scholars Susiana. The name reflects the civilization centered around the site of Susa.
The Origins of Writing | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art the origins of writing... administrative tablet with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, 3100–2900 b.c.; jemdet nasr period (uruk iii script) mesopotamia clay h. 2 in. (5.3 cm) purchase, raymond and beverly sackler gift, 1988 (1988.433.1) ...
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wrtg/hd_wrtg.htm [1195 words]
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National Gallery of Art, Mechanical Reading, Writing, and Toilet Table (Getty Museum) mechanical reading, writing, and toilet table gift of j. paul getty jean-francois oeben french, paris, about 1750 oak veneered with various dyed woods; iron mechanism; gilt-bronze mounts h: 2 ft. 4 3/4 in. x w: 2 ft.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=6117 [208 words]
Liverpool museums - 'A Lady's Writing Room' , by J Herbert McNair and Frances MacDonald McNair | Artwork of the Month artwork of the month - february, 2007 ... 'a lady's writing room', by j herbert mcnair and frances macdonald mcnair... see a larger version about the artwork... this is not a real room. but what it reconstructs was not a real room, either. it was a stand in an exhibition of international modern design, held at turin in italy in 1902.
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?id=319 [1386 words]
National Gallery of Art, Writing Table (table à écrire) jean-henri riesener (artist) french, 1734 - 1806 writing table (table a ecrire) , c. 1780 veneered on oak with mahogany, sycamore, purplewood, boxwood, ebony, and holly; gilded bronze mounts overall: 78.9 x 81.9 x 49.5 cm (31 1/16 x 32 1/4 x 19 1/
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg14a/gg14a-1569.html [246 words]
Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt and Jean Bérain: Writing desk (1986.365.3) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolit writing desk ( bureau brise ) , ca. 1685 alexandre-jean oppenordt (dutch, active france, 1639–1715), maker; jean berain (french, 1640–1711), engraver france (paris) oak, pine, and walnut veneered with ebony, rosewood, and marquetry of engraved brass on tortoiseshell; gilt bronze, steel h.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1986.365.3 [261 words]
Writing board ¦ Highlights ¦ Egyptian Art ¦ Collection Database ¦ Works of Art ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yor writing board period middle kingdom dynasty dynasty 12 date ca. 1981–1802 b.c. geography egypt, northern upper egypt, akhmim or thebes medium wood, gesso, paint sycamore dimensions l. 43 cm (16 15/16 in); w.
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/writing_board/objectview.aspx?page=1&sort=5&collID [162 words]
National Gallery of Art, Writing and Toilette Table (Getty Museum) writing and toilette table jean-francois oeben french, paris, about 1754 oak veneered with various stained woods; gilt-bronze mounts 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 4 7/8 in. 71.da.103 when unlocked,
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=6157 [254 words]