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Lion Gate (Boghazkoy, Turkey), c.1400 BCE, limestone

Lion Gate (Boghazkoy, Turkey), c.1400 BCE, limestone. Assyrian Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II (Khorsabad, Iraq) c. 720 BCE Reputation of the Assyrians/ royal citadel of Sargon II/ lamassu/ sculptor’s viewpoints.

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Lion Gate (Boghazkoy, Turkey), c.1400 BCE, limestone

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  1. Lion Gate (Boghazkoy, Turkey), c.1400 BCE, limestone

  2. Assyrian Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II (Khorsabad, Iraq) c. 720 BCE Reputation of the Assyrians/ royal citadel of Sargon II/ lamassu/ sculptor’s viewpoints

  3. Assyrian reliefs from the palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c. 650 BCE

  4. depiction of a wild beast/ bas relief carving/ demonstration of the king’s power

  5. Dying Lioness, Assyrian relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c. 650 BCE

  6. Historical and current range of the Lion (Time 8/23/04)

  7. Top: Relief of Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions (Nimrud, Iraq) c. 850 BCEBelow: Drawing of the citadel and palace complex of Sargon II (Khorsabad, Iraq)

  8. Ishtar Gate (Babylon, Iraq), c. 575 BCE

  9. Neo-Babylonian Period/ King Nebuchadnezzar/ Ishtar and Tammuz/ bulls, lions, and the mususu/ the “hanging gardens”

  10. Royal Audience Hall (apadana) at Persepolis of Darius I (Iran), c. 500 BCE Darius III and Alexander the Great/ elevation of platform/ apadana with bull capitals/ loose groupings of buildings/ satrapies

  11. Reliefs at Persepolis

  12. Reliefs at Persepolis

  13. Left: Layout of Persepolis Below: Bull Capital from the royal audience hall of the palace of Artaxerxes II (Susa) c. 375 BCE

  14. Persian Rhyton with forepart of a winged lion, 5th century BCE

  15. Left: Head of a Sasanian king (Shapur II?) c. 350 CE (AD), silver with mercury gildingBelow: Palace of Shapur I (Ctesiphon, Iraq), c. 250 CE

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