EditorialMesopotamian Art Babylon. Terracotta tiles decorated in floral motifs. Dated between 600-500 BC. They come from the Temple of Nabu in Borsippa. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialSeal and imprint, Assyrian, 9th-6th BCE. Cultic scene, a man and a geni around the horned dragon, symbol of the gods Marduk and Nabu. Cornelian, H: 2,4 cm AO 22346.
EditorialA priest in prayer before the symbols for Marduk, chief god of Babylon, and Nabu, god of wisdom and writing. Neo-Babylonian 7th-6th BCE Round seal, blue glazed clay, 4,5 cm across AO 5684.
EditorialStone tablet of Nabu-apla-iddina, from Sippar, southern Iraq, Babylonian, around 870 BCE. On the top are 13 symbols of the gods designed to protect the legal document. Both the king, wearing the typical Babylonian royal hat and the priest whose hand is...