Babylonian Gallery

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate. Aurochs. Perg

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mushussu, also called sirrush, and aurochs. It was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Rebuilt in 1930. An aurochs above a flower ribbon. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. The Throne Room of Nebuch

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. The Throne Room of Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed facade. Dated in 580 B.C. Its 56 meters facade was decorated with colored glazed bricks as shows the composition, including stylized palms. The frieze of lions was presumably arranged symmetrically so that the animals faced toward the central main entrance to the trone-room. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cu

Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (559-530 BC). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

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