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title: Basalt Lion of Babylon (Statue)
author: Library of Congress
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10922/basalt-lion-of-babylon-statue/
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updated: 2024-09-23
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# Basalt Lion of Babylon (Statue)
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10922.jpg)
## Image Caption
The Lion of [Babylon](https://www.worldhistory.org/babylon/) (أسد بابل), a stone [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/) found in the ancient [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Babylon, modern-day Iraq in 1876. It may have been built by either [Nebuchadnezzar II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nebuchadnezzar_II/) (605-562 BCE) or the [Hittites](https://www.worldhistory.org/hittite/) (notice the absence of "eagle's wings"). Photograph taken in 1932 CE.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Congress, L. o. (2019, June 18). Basalt Lion of Babylon (Statue). *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
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### MLA
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