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The Ishtar Gate, main gate of Babylon built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). Enamelled tiles, mythical animals, lions, and gods embellish the gate which was dedicated to goddess Ishtar of Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
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The Ishtar Gate, main gate of Babylon built during the reign of Nebuchadnez...

Bull and Mushussu, a mythological animal with a snake's neck and scales. Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon Blue enamelled tiles (7th BCE).
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Bull and Mushussu, a mythological animal with a snake's neck and...

Facade of the throne hall of Nebuchadnezar II. Detail with vegetative design. Babylon,Mesopotamia,Iraq.
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Facade of the throne hall of Nebuchadnezar II. Detail with vegetative d...

Persian dignitary dressed in Persian trousers and Kyrbasia cap (dress of a traveller). Silver statuette from the court of Artaxerxes I (464-424 BCE), Susa, Iran
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Persian dignitary dressed in Persian trousers and Kyrbasia cap (dress...

The Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) leads the vanquished by a nose-ring. The left kneeling figure is Ushanakhuru, son of Pharaoh Taharqa, on the right the Baal of Tyrus. Granite stele (7th BCE) from Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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The Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) leads the vanquished by...

Mosaics on walls of the temple of the goddess Innin (Ishtar, Astarte) in Uruk. Coloured mosaic pegs form zig-zag designs and lozenge shapes. Around 3000 BCE
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Mosaics on walls of the temple of the goddess Innin (Ishtar, Astarte) in Uru...

Part of a temple wall with gods pouring life-giving water. Burnt clay bricks, around 1.500 BCE. H: 211 cm L: 970 cm VA 10983
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Part of a temple wall with gods pouring life-giving water. Burnt clay bricks...

Imprint of a cylindrical seal showing a ziggurat and a priest or god. From Babylon.
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Imprint of a cylindrical seal showing a ziggurat and a priest or god....

Procession of Hittite gods and rulers, with their mythological animals, the lion and the double-headed eagle.
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Procession of Hittite gods and rulers, with their mythological...