Ur's Standard - Ur's Standard

Japanese: ウルのスタンダード - うるのすたんだーど
Ur's Standard - Ur's Standard

...Many of his works were made using the technique of inlay, in which pitch is placed on a wooden base and precious stones, shells, lapis lazuli, etc. are inlaid to create designs. The Standard of Ur is a long, horizontal panel decorated with designs on both sides. Each section is divided into bands, depicting scenes of battle, victory, feasts, and other events in a narrative style, a style unique to Mesopotamia.

From 【Inlay】

… [Katori Tadahiko]
[Western, Oriental]
The technique of inlay has been used in many areas in the West since prehistoric Mesopotamia and Egypt, followed by Greece and Rome. One of the oldest relics is the Standard of Ur (British Museum), estimated to be from around 2750 B.C. It is made by filling the base with blue lapis lazuli, in which human and animal figures are inlaid with white shells, and the border is made of red limestone.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ur's Standard" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また木製の土台の上にピッチをおき,貴石,貝殻,ラピスラズリなどをはめこんで意匠を表す象嵌技術が,多くの作品に応用された。〈ウルのスタンダード〉はこの技法を用い,横長の画面の表裏を図柄で飾ったパネルである。そこには帯状に仕切られた各段に,戦闘,勝利,祝宴などの場面を説話風に描出する,メソポタミア独特の表現様式が見られる。…

【象嵌】より

…【香取 忠彦】
[西洋,オリエント]
 象嵌の技法は先史メソポタミアやエジプトに続くギリシア,ローマ以来,今日まで西洋でも多方面に用いられている。最古の遺品の一つには前2750年ごろと推定される〈ウルのスタンダード〉(大英博物館)がある。これは地を青色のラピスラズリで埋め,その中に白い貝殻で人物や動物像を,また縁取りに赤色石灰岩を嵌め込んだものである。…

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