"It always had this possibility to come alive in a very real sense."
Curator Sarah Graff on two panels with striding lions.
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Why the brick lions that protected the streets of Babylon feel alive
"It always had this possibility to come alive in a very real sense."
Sarah Graff
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Sarah Graff
Associate Curator, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art
Associate Curator, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE