Image:Passing lion Babylon AO21118.jpg

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Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
Description Passing lion, brick panel from the Procession Way which ran from the Marduk temple to the Ishtar Gate and the Akitu Temple. Glazed terracotta, reign of Nebuchadrezzar II (605 BC–562 BC), Babylon (Iraq).
Dimensions Unspecified
Credit line Deposit of the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, 1936
Accession number Department of Oriental Antiquities, Richelieu, ground floor, room 6
Location AO 21118
Photographer/source Jastrow (2006)


Français : Lion passant, panneau en terre cuite glaçurée du règne de Nabuchodonosor II (605-562 av. J.-C.). Il décorait la Voie processionnelle de Babylone (Iraq), qui partait du temple de Mardouk pour arriver au temple de l'Akitu, en passant par la Porte d'Ishtar.

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