![Ishtar Gate from Babylon at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1311.JPG) | ![Ishtar Gate arch topped with step-like crenellations at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1314.JPG) | ![Underside of arch & trim details of Ishtar Gate in mix of reassembled sculpted brick & replica infill bricks at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1316.JPG) | ![Upper section corner details of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1319.JPG) |
Ishtar Gate (604-562 BCE) from Babylon at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Ishtar Gate arch topped with step-like crenellations at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Underside of arch & trim details of Ishtar Gate in mix of reassembled sculpted brick & replica infill bricks at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Upper section corner details of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
![Upper section corner details of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1322.JPG) | ![Ishtar Gate wall with alternating rows of dragons & auroch bulls reassembled from actual brick fragments & replica infill bricks at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1325.JPG) | ![Bulls meet at corner detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1326.JPG) | ![Auroch bull detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1327.JPG) |
Upper section corner details of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Ishtar Gate wall with alternating rows of dragons & auroch bulls reassembled from actual brick fragments & replica infill bricks at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Bulls meet at corner detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Auroch bull detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
![Auroch bull detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1328.JPG) | ![Mythical mushkhushshu dragon detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1329.JPG) | ![Cuneiform inscription wall by King Nebuchadnezzar II describing why he built Ishtar Gate & processional way at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1331.JPG) | ![Details of cuneiform inscription by King Nebuchadnezzar II using reassembled brick shards from near Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1332.JPG) |
Auroch bull detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Mythical mushkhushshu dragon detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Cuneiform inscription wall by King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BCE) describing why he built Ishtar Gate & processional way at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Details of cuneiform inscription by King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BCE) using reassembled brick shards from near Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
![Reconstruction using replica bricks of facade of Babylon royal palace throne room during Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1335.JPG) | ![Model of Processional Way of Babylon during Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1341.JPG) | ![Reconstructed Processional Way of Babylon with each lion unique at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1342.JPG) | ![Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1343.JPG) |
Reconstruction using replica bricks of facade of Babylon royal palace throne room during Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BCE) at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Model of Processional Way of Babylon during Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BCE) at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Reconstructed Processional Way of Babylon (6thC BCE) with each lion unique at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
![Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1344.JPG) | ![Detail head of Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1345.JPG) | ![Detail head of Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1346.JPG) | ![Striding lion, sacred animal of goddess Ishtar from Babylon procession street at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMME531.JPG) |
Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Detail head of Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Detail head of Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Striding lion, sacred animal of goddess Ishtar (c580 BCE) from Babylon procession street at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
![Babylonian lion relief from processional way at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTYD1037.JPG) | ![Babylonian terracotta brick lion relief at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.](/t/USRI/RISD035.JPG) | ![Lion block Persian mural from Suse at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France.](/t/FPM/FPML176.JPG) |
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Babylonian lion relief from processional way (c605-562 BCE) at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT. | Babylonian terracotta brick lion relief (c605-562 BCE) at RISD Museum. Providence, RI. | Lion block Persian mural from Suse at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France. |
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