The Ishtar Gate of Babylon - english

The Ishtar Gate of Babylon - english

From Fragment to Monument
Herausgeber: Helen Gries

The lavishly decorated Ishtar Gate was one of ancient Babylon’s city gates. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II built it in the 6th century BCE. During the annual New Year festival, the processions of the gods passed through this gate as they entered the city centre. But how did the Babylonians make the glazed bricks used in the gate’s construction? What was the significance of the lions, dragons, and bulls that adorned the gate? How and why did pieces of the gate end up in Berlin, where the Ishtar Gate was reconstructed from thousands of fragments in the 1920s? And how authentic is this reconstruction? This publication addresses these and many other questions. In the process, it sheds light on the historical context, the respective actors, and their various motivations.
Order number:
1636406
Regions
Babylon
Museums & Collections
Museumsinsel, Pergamonmuseum, Vorderasiatisches Museum
Subjects
Ischtar Gate, Art
Periods
Antiquity
Product types
Books & Media
Location:
Berlin
Year:
2022
Cover:
Paperback
Pages:
80
Images:
43
Color images:
Size:
14,8 x 21 cm

 

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