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Striding lion
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian Period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II
604–561 B.C.
Findspot: Iraq, Babylon
Medium/Technique
Glazed bricks
Dimensions
Height: 106 cm (41 3/4 in.); width: 232 cm (91 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.898
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Tile and inlays
DescriptionOpen-mouthed lion, teeth bared, striding left. One of 120 lifesize lions that lined the Processional Way from the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk at Babylon.
Provenance1899, excavated in Iraq by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft for the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin; 1931, sold by the Kaiser Friedrich Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 8, 1931).
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