For the statue, see Lion of Babylon (statue). For the Iraqi version of the T-72 tank, see Lion of Babylon (tank).
The Lion of Babylon from a portion of the Processional Way leading to the Ishtar Gate
The Lion of Babylon is an ancient Babylonian symbol.[1]
^Benjamin Sass, Joachim Marzahn. Aramaic and figural stamp impressions on bricks of the sixth century B.C. from Babylon. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010. Pp. 181-182.
The LionofBabylon is an ancient Babylonian symbol. The LionofBabylon symbolically represented the King ofBabylon. The depiction is based on the Mesopotamian...
kilometers south of modern day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia, with...
Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BCE. The LionofBabylon symbolized the power of the king and protector of the land against enemies, but was also invoked...
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to the inner city ofBabylon (in the area of present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq). It was constructed c. 569 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar...
were lost to enemy fire. The LionofBabylon (or Asad Babil) was a name given to what was a locally produced variant of the Soviet T-72 tank during the...
horses The wooded hill, with the shield-wall at right Ishtar Gate LionofBabylon (statue) Reade, 73 Honour & Fleming, 76–77; Reade, 72–79, 73; Frankfort...
the recognition of an Iraqi identity stemming from ancient Mesopotamia including its civilizations and empires of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon and Assyria and...
a combination with the sun of Shamash on the national emblem of Iraq from 1959 to 1965. LionofBabylon Octagram Star of Lakshmi Shamsa Rub el Hizb Black...
279, (Объект 279) was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959. This special purpose tank was intended to fight on cross country terrain...
variant of the T-80B, with seven road wheels. The tank was testing the new generation 125 mm 2A82 smoothbore gun, carrying 50 rounds of ammunition, 30 of which...
stated that no license-produced T-72 (nicknamed LionofBabylon) tanks were finished before destruction of the Iraqi Taji tank plant in 1991. Iraq's T-72s...
important symbol of Ancient Iraq. It is depicted in Ninevan reliefs. The lionofBabylon is a statue at the Ishtar Gate in Babylon The lion has an important...
Kanoule'ei Khana Qubadi Asiatic Lion (Lionof Judah/LionofBabylon, a common Symbol in Mesopotamia) Eastern imperial eagle (Eagle of Saladin, aprimary national...
Mediterranean coasts of Phoenicia to the Zagros Mountains of Iran. In 1235 BC, Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria took the throne ofBabylon. During the Bronze...
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first million units of Bridges to Babylon were encased in a special manufactured filigree slipcase, that gave the impression that the lion was embedded into...
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is a list of equipment currently in use with the Iraqi Ground Forces. For a list of previous equipment, please see List of former equipment of the Iraqi...
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replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman. It was one of the U.S Army's principal medium tanks of the early Cold War, with models in service from 1949...
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