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The Tower of Babel, ca. 1600. Artist: Bassano, Leandro (1557-1622)The Tower of Babel, ca. 1600. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London
Glazed brick relief of a mushrushu on the Ishtar Gate, 7th century BCGlazed brick relief of a mushrushu, sacred to Marduk, on the Ishtar Gate erected in Babylon in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 7th century BC
Glazed brick relief of a lion on the Ishtar Gate, 7th century BCGlazed brick relief of a lion on the sacred way leading up to the Ishtar Gate from Babylon, erected in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, From the Pergamon Museums collection in Berlin, 7th century BC
Glazed Brick relief of a bull on the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BCGlazed Brick relief of a bull on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC
Kudurru (boundary stone) of Nazimatrut-Tash, taken from Babylon to Susa c. 12th century BC, from the Louvres collection
A commemorative stela from the Marduk Temple in Babylon. Although it looks like a Kudurra/boundary stone, it was in fact set up by a son in honour of his father. Both have the shaven heads of priests
Stone tablet from North Babylonia, recording how King Nablu-apla-iddim, then twenty, confirmed a gift of land
Female statuette, probably the Great Goddess of Babylon. From Nabaster, Goldek, Babylon. From the Louvres collection
The Code of Hammurabi, 1792-1750 BC, 282 lawsStela of the Lawcode of Hammurabi made of black basalt, 1792-1750 BC. The King stands before a seated god, probably Shamash - a solar god, patron of Justice
Kudurru of Nazimarut-Tash, Susa, Kassite period, 12th century BC. A kudurru is also known as a boundary stone but is more of a document describing land boundaries rather than an actual
Dragon sacred to the god Marduk, detail of the Ishtar Gate, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Detail of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BCDetail of the Ishtar Gate leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Brick relief of a lion on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BCGlazed Brick relief of a lion on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Ezekiel prophesying to the elders of Israel while captive in Babylon, c600 BC (16th century). Ezekiel was one of four great Old Testament prophets of Israel and contemporary with Daniel
Lion passant from wall of the sacred way to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (Iraq), c575 BCLion passant from wall of the sacred way to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (in modern Iraq), c575 BC. The lion was the cult animal of Ishtar, great goddess of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon
Daniel interpreting the writing on the wall at the feast of Belshazzar, king of Babylon. The writing read Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin (You are weighed in the scales and found wanting)
Daniel in the Lions Den, 1804. Daniel, one of four great Hebrew prophets, cast into the Lions den by Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar), king of Babylon
Constancy of the Jews in captivity in Babylon, 6th century BC (c1860). By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. Chromolithograph c1860
Ishtar Gate, Neo-Babylonian, c575 BCIshtar Gate, Babylonian, c575 BC. The Ishtar Gate, through which a processional road ran into the city of Babylon. One of 8 fortified gates of Nebuchandrezzars (Nebuchanezzar II) city
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) on his deathbed, 1830. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India
The Fall of Babylon, 1569. Creator: Philip GalleThe Fall of Babylon, 1569