#Babylonian art

[archaeologs]

Votive tablet depicting Shamash, the sun-god of Sippar, seated in his shrine with the Babylonian king Nebopaliddin being led into the God's presence by two figures. Babylonian art, 9th century BC.

Learn more https://www.archaeologs.com/w/sippar/

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TwoForTuesday + #TilesOnTuesday:

2 of 120 lifesize #lions that lined the Processional Way from the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk at Babylon.

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

[zegalba]

István Orosz: Babylonian Labyrinth (2012)

[thefugitivesaint]

Evelyn Paul (1883-1963), 'Bel', ''Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria'' by Lewis Spence, 1916 Source

[firebird04]

Gilgamesh and Enkidu slaying Humbaba

Based on this engraving (c. 1000 BC):

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Well, you can at least print one out.

[illustratus]

Babylon Fallen by Gustave Doré

[oregoncoastfox]

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

[lady-of-heaven]

Sumerian Miku

ḫāzune mīku kalāmak

𒄩𒍪𒉈 𒈪𒆪 𒌦𒀝

©️ 𒀭𒀹𒁯 2024

[almazcomet]

Babylonians

[rann-poisoncage]

[ancientculture-blog]

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

[arthistoryanimalia]

More for #WorldFrogDay:

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!

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.

[koenji]

Iraqi Jewish Afsa Amulets for child protection, 1925-1935, gold, wood, stone and ceramics. The center for Jewish Art. (png). These amulets resemble two breasts with a small Hamsa placed between them and were traditionally attached to a newborn's blanket or bassinet to ward off the evil eye and protect mothers in childbirth. One seen here also incorporates a Saba iyun or "Seven eyes" amulet, a blue ceramic circle with seven holes. Jewish amulets often incorporate Hebrew references to names of G-d because of the belief that true protection comes from G-d.

[that-guy-in-the-chiton]

The Co-rulers of the Underworld

[dongwoter]

A Minoan-Babylonian sage conjures fire.