ID: 700082537 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700082537	Record Type: Movable Work
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Lion of Babylon (monumental sculpture; possibly Hittite ca. 1600 BCE; traditionally under King Nebu...; possibly ca. 1600 BCE; traditi...; Al-Ḥillah (Bābil, Al-ʻIrāq, Asia, World, Top of t...; )

Note: Located in: Babylon, Iraq; traditionally dated to Neo-Babylonian period (605-562 BCE), although many archaeologists believe the statue is of earlier Hittite origin

Titles:

Lion of Babylon (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)

Lion of Babylon Statue (C,U,English,U,U)

Lion de Babylone (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

أسد بابل (تمثال) (C,U,Arabic,U,U)

شیر بابل (مجسمه) (C,U,Persian-Farsi,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

monumental sculpture [300400887] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by form>)

monument [300006958]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: possibly ca. 1600 BCE; traditionally: 6th century BCE

Creator Display:

possibly Hittite ca. 1600 BCE; traditionally under King Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BCE) [preferred,BWR]

patron Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia (Babylonian king, died 562 BCE) [500276298]

creator unknown Hittite (Hittite cultural designation) Qualifier: possibly by [500203408]

Locations:

Current: Al-Ḥillah [1079385] Bābil (governorate), Iraq (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: +32.536389,+44.420833; Hillah, Babylon, Iraq

Display Materials: carved in the round, basalt

	basalt (basic igneous rock) [300011222]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, basic igneous rock)

Dimensions: height: 1.95 meters

General Subject:

animals (preferred,identification,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	lion (species) [300310388]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Felidae (family), Panthera (genus)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

Sources and Contributors:
Lion of Babylon	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3787249
Lion of Babylon Statue	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ World History Encyclopedia online (2000-) https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9873/lion-of-babylon-statue/
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Lion de Babylone	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
أسد بابل (تمثال)	........ [VP]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84_(%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84)
شیر بابل (مجسمه)	........ [VP]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84_(%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%87)

Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3787249

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3787249

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 26028

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U83433

Note:
English	..... [BWR,VP]
	..... World History Encyclopedia online (2000-) https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9873/lion-of-babylon-statue/
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3787249