Pergamon Tiles Photos

The Ishtar Gate & Processional Way (604-562 BCE) from Babylon are in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. These art works are built from sculpted ceramic tiles most of which have been reassembled from shards. Other examples of this Mesopotamia art showing lions & other mythical beasts are also found in other museums.

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Ishtar Gate 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.
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.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.
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.Mythical mushkhushshu dragon detail of Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.Cuneiform inscription wall by King Nebuchadnezzar II describing why he built Ishtar Gate & processional way at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.Details of cuneiform inscription by King Nebuchadnezzar II using reassembled brick shards from near Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.
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.Model of Processional Way of Babylon during Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.Reconstructed Processional Way of Babylon with each lion unique at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.Babylon Processional Way lion at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.
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.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 from Babylon procession street at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany.
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.Babylonian terracotta brick lion relief at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.Lion block Persian mural from Suse at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Glazed brick guardsman excavated from Palace of Susa, Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.
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.Glazed brick guardsman (521-500 BCE) excavated from Palace of Susa, Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.
Detail of glazed brick guardsman excavated from Palace of Susa, Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.


Detail of glazed brick guardsman (521-500 BCE) excavated from Palace of Susa, Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.


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