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2 of 120 lifesize 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

panel 1 at MFA “Open-mouthed lion, teeth bared, striding left.” framed and mounted high on yellow wall
panel 1 at RISD “Open-mouthed lion, teeth bared, striding left.” framed and mounted high on white wall
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