Basalt Lion of Babylon (Statue) (Illustration)

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published on 18 June 2019

Basalt Lion of Babylon (Statue) — The Lion of Babylon (أسد بابل), a stone sculpture found in the ancient city of Babylon, modern-day Iraq in 1876. It may have been built by either Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE) or the Hittites (notice the absence of "eagle's wings"). Photograph taken in 1932 CE.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection.

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