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Processional Way, Babylon   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Processional Way, Babylon
Object type Moulded relief in parts
Description
Image of a lion made of clay bricks.
Date (604 BCE - 562 BCE)
Medium Fired clay bricks with polychrome glaze, moulded relief in parts
English: Fired clay bricks with polychrome glaze, moulded relief in parts
Dimensions height: 12,500 mm (13.67 yd); width: 20,000 mm (21.87 yd)
dimensions QS:P2048,12500U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,20000U174789
institution QS:P195,Q157298
Current location
Level Principal Floor (Details of level on Google Art Project) room Processional Way of Babylon / Ishtar Gate of Babylon / Stelae from Assur (Details of room on Google Art Project)
Accession number
VA Bab 1379-1402
Source/Photographer QAFcGuAYEoi2sA at Google Cultural Institute zoom level scaled down from maximum
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Camera location37° 46′ 35.52″ N, 122° 26′ 05.17″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Image of a lion made of clay bricks. The Lion of Babylon from a portion of the Processional Way leading to the Ishtar Gate

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