About: Striding Lion

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Striding Lion, a wall relief made from polychrome glazed, fired bricks, is one of the most iconic objects on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. It came from Babylon, Iraq, and dates to the time of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE), king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Striding Lion is one of many such reliefs that decorated the walls of the palace's ceremonial hall and very similar to the lions that line the processional way from the Ishtar Gate to the temple of Marduk.

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  • El León andante es uno de los Tesoros en exhibición del Museo Real de Ontario (ROM), en Toronto. Se trata de un relieve mural de un león andante hecho de ladrillos policromos esmaltados. Proviene de Babilonia, Irak, y está datado en el tiempo de Nabucodonosor II (605-562 a. C., rey del imperio neobabilónico. Es uno de los muchos de este tipo de relieves que decoraban los muros de la entrada ceremonial del palacio​ y muy similar con aquellos que se alineaban a lo largo del camino de procesión desde la Puerta de Istar al templo de Marduk. (es)
  • Striding Lion, a wall relief made from polychrome glazed, fired bricks, is one of the most iconic objects on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. It came from Babylon, Iraq, and dates to the time of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE), king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Striding Lion is one of many such reliefs that decorated the walls of the palace's ceremonial hall and very similar to the lions that line the processional way from the Ishtar Gate to the temple of Marduk. A large group of such figures is part of the Processional Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, a centrepiece display of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Other panels were sold by Berlin, such as the Panel with striding lion in New York. (en)
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  • El León andante es uno de los Tesoros en exhibición del Museo Real de Ontario (ROM), en Toronto. Se trata de un relieve mural de un león andante hecho de ladrillos policromos esmaltados. Proviene de Babilonia, Irak, y está datado en el tiempo de Nabucodonosor II (605-562 a. C., rey del imperio neobabilónico. Es uno de los muchos de este tipo de relieves que decoraban los muros de la entrada ceremonial del palacio​ y muy similar con aquellos que se alineaban a lo largo del camino de procesión desde la Puerta de Istar al templo de Marduk. (es)
  • Striding Lion, a wall relief made from polychrome glazed, fired bricks, is one of the most iconic objects on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. It came from Babylon, Iraq, and dates to the time of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE), king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Striding Lion is one of many such reliefs that decorated the walls of the palace's ceremonial hall and very similar to the lions that line the processional way from the Ishtar Gate to the temple of Marduk. (en)
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  • León andante (es)
  • Striding Lion (en)
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