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Glazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)

Glazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)

A panel of moulded, glazed bricks showing a lion walking left, white and yellow against a blue ground. Babylonian state architecture used animals tied to the gods as the king's setting; the prestige of the divine symbol and of the costly blue glaze attaches to the ruler who built the city.

Date
0000
Period
Pre-1914
Made by
Royal court of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Neo Babylonian Empire
Medium
Artwork
Issuer type
State
Regime
Neo Babylonian Empire
Leader
Nebuchadnezzar II
Audience
Mixed
Purpose
Commemorate
Themes
Religion, Empire and colonialism
Techniques
Transfer
Regime
Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires
Leader
Ashurnasirpal II
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights
Public domain (The Met Open Access, CC0; isPublicDomain true in the Met API; object about 2,600 years old)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.13.1), Open Access

Text on the object

Checked for printed text

No printed or legible text on this panel as photographed.

The gate's own dedicatory inscription is on separate bricks and is not part of this panel.

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