The Ishtar Gate of Babylon : From Fragment to Monument （2022. 80 S. 19 SW-Abb., 24 Farbabb., 2 Ktn. 21 cm）

Gries, Helen/ Herausgegeben:Museum fuer Vor- und Fruehgeschichte Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

SCHNELL & STEINER（2022発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版
• 商品コード 9783795437268

Full Description

The lavishly decorated Ishtar Gate was one of ancient Babylon's city gates. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II built it in the 6th century BCE. During the annual New Year festival, the processions of the gods passed through this gate as they entered the city centre.

But how did the Babylonians make the glazed bricks used in the gate's construction? What was the significance of the lions, dragons, and bulls that adorned the gate? How and why did pieces of the gate end up in Berlin, where the Ishtar Gate was reconstructed from thousands of fragments in the 1920s? And how authentic is this reconstruction?

Contents

Introduction
The City of Babylon
The Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way
The Throne Room Façade at Nebuchadnezzar ll's Palace
Exploring Babylon
From Babylon to Berlin
The Significance and Preservation of a Piece of World Cultural Heritage
Impact and Reception
Appendix