Fragment of a brick with relief decoration. Element of an unglazed panel with a depiction of a bull from the decoration of the Ishtar Gate. On the face side, plastic decoration with a depiction of two diagonally running spirally twisted curls of hair from the figures of bulls that decorated the walls of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon older unglazed phase. 1st half of the 6th century BC; Neo-Babylonian period. Babylon Iraq. Element of architectural decoration. Weight 810 g., A rough, vertically oriented slab of stone with an irregular, textured surface and visible pits and crevices, showing areas of pale beige, pinkish-beige, light tan, dark brown, and gray; the left edge has darker brown to black patches while the central surface has more pinkish-beige tones and the right edge appears lighter beige, all set against a plain gray background.
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Fragment of a brick with relief decoration. Element of an unglazed panel with a depiction of a bull from the decoration of the Ishtar Gate. On the face side, plastic decoration with a depiction of two diagonally running spirally twisted curls of hair from the figures of bulls that decorated the walls of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon older unglazed phase. 1st half of the 6th century BC; Neo-Babylonian period. Babylon Iraq. Element of architectural decoration. Weight 810 g., A rough, vertically oriented slab of stone with an irregular, textured surface and visible pits and crevices, showing areas of pale beige, pinkish-beige, light tan, dark brown, and gray; the left edge has darker brown to black patches while the central surface has more pinkish-beige tones and the right edge appears lighter beige, all set against a plain gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A02_028

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Keywords

Fragment brick relief decoration Element unglazed panel depiction bull decoration Ishtar Gate face side plastic decoration two diagonally running spirally twisted curls hair figures bulls decorated walls Babylon older unglazed phase 1st half 6th century BC Neo-Babylonian period Babylon Iraq architectural decoration Weight 810 g rough vertically oriented slab stone irregular textured surface visible pits crevices showing areas pale beige pinkish-beige light tan dark brown gray left edge darker brown black patches central surface pinkish-beige tones right edge lighter beige set plain gray background.

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