#Babylonian art
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arthistoryanimalia · 8 months ago
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#TwoForTuesday + #TilesOnTuesday:
2 of 120 lifesize #lions that lined the Processional Way from the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk at Babylon.
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Striding Lion Panels
Mesopotamian, Babylonian Neo-Babylonian Period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II 604–561 BCE
Findspot: Iraq, Babylon, 1899, excavated by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft for the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin
Terracotta glazed bricks
1. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 106 x 232 cm
2. RISD Museum 104.1 x 228.6 cm
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zegalba · 1 year ago
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István Orosz: Babylonian Labyrinth (2012)
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thefugitivesaint · 5 months ago
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Evelyn Paul (1883-1963), 'Bel', ''Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria'' by Lewis Spence, 1916 Source
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hometoursandotherstuff · 8 months ago
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Well, you can at least print one out.
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illustratus · 8 months ago
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Babylon Fallen by Gustave Doré
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lady-of-heaven · 2 months ago
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Sumerian Miku
ḫāzune mīku kalāmak
𒄩𒍪𒉈 𒈪𒆪 𒌦𒀝
©️ 𒀭𒀹𒁯 2024
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firebird04 · 1 month ago
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Gilgamesh and Enkidu slaying Humbaba
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Based on this engraving (c. 1000 BC):
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almazcomet · 1 year ago
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Babylonians
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rann-poisoncage · 1 year ago
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oregoncoastfox · 18 days ago
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Just the two best lancers I own hanging out and having a great time bonding over being ancient, often-hated and almost always misunderstood beings who just want normal lives. Just a relaxing girls' day at the beach doing what anyone would enjoy.
Art by the eternally delightful @wishem
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arthistoryanimalia · 2 years ago
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More for #WorldFrogDay:
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Frog weight Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian period, c.2000–1600BCE Stone (diorite or andesite) 12.3 x 21.8 cm, 4.7 kg inscription: "a frog [weighing] 10 minas, a legitimate weight of the god Shamash, belonging to Iddin-Nergal, son of Arkat-ili-damqa." Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
With two bonus hematite babies!
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Weights in the shape of frogs Mesopotamia, Iran, or Cyprus, early 2nd millennium BCE Hematite 1.12 x 1.5 x 2.62 cm & 1.4 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [1] [2]
Photographed on display at the Met in NYC.
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ancientculture-blog · 7 months ago
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The Queen of the Night, relief (ca. 1800 BC) British Museum.
The figure could be an aspect of the goddess Ishtar, Babylonian goddess of sex and love.
Photography by Gennadii Saus Segura, December 2022
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dark-longings · 5 months ago
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Queen Semiramis. Cesare Saccaggi.
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that-guy-in-the-chiton · 5 months ago
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The Co-rulers of the Underworld
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dongwoter · 1 year ago
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A Minoan-Babylonian sage conjures fire.
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memento-inferno · 23 days ago
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O-oh Ishtar, eat them like a cake, queen
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