Reconstructed Brick Panel

Description:

Reconstructed panel of bricks with a striding lion

Medium:

Molded and glazed baked clay

Location:

Processional Way, El-Kasr Mound, Babylon, Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 99.7 cm; W. 230.5 cm

Date:

Neo-Babylonian Period (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604—562 BCE)

Inventory Number:

31.13.2

Lender:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit:

Fletcher Fund, 1931