The Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq. 575 CE. Nebudchadnezzar II is the patron of restory
The Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq. 575 CE. Nebudchadnezzar II is the patron of restorying Babylon to glory. The book of Daniel speaks of him as an evil king. Has molded reliefs of animals, both real and imaginary: bulls, dragons, sacred lions. Depicted animals because they wanted to model themselves after their attributes. A powerful man wants to relate himself to a lion (power) or a bull (brute force, fertility). -- source link
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