Ishtar Gate

E68201

ancient monument city gate

The Ishtar Gate is a grand, blue-glazed brick ceremonial gateway adorned with reliefs of dragons and bulls that once formed part of the ancient city walls of Babylon under King Nebuchadnezzar II.

Aliases (2)

Ishtar Gate of Babylon ×2
Processional Way of Babylon ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient monument → city gate →
animalMotifs	aurochs → mushussu dragons →
architecturalStyle	Mesopotamian →
associatedDeity	Ishtar →
associatedWithKing	Nebuchadnezzar II →
belongsTo	ancient Near Eastern art →
builtDuringReignOf	Nebuchadnezzar II →
builtInCentury	6th century BCE →
civilization	Neo-Babylonian Empire →
color	blue →
constructedUnder	Nebuchadnezzar II →
constructionTechnique	fired bricks with colored glaze →
culturalRegion	Mesopotamia →
currentMajorReconstructionCity	Berlin →
currentMajorReconstructionCountry	Germany →
currentMajorReconstructionLocation	Pergamon Museum →
decoratedWith	reliefs →
dedicatedTo	Ishtar →
depicts	bulls → dragons →
excavatedBy	Robert Koldewey →
excavationEndYear	1917 →
excavationStartYear	1899 →
function	ceremonial gateway → city gate →
guardedEntranceTo	inner city of Babylon →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage (as part of Babylon) →
historicalPeriod	Neo-Babylonian period →
inscribedWith	cuneiform inscriptions →
locatedIn	Babylon →
locatedInPresentDay	Iraq →
material	glazed brick →
museumCollection	Pergamon Museum collection →
namedAfter	goddess Ishtar →
notableFor	blue-glazed brickwork → large scale animal reliefs →
originalLocation	northern side of Babylon →
partOf	Processional Way of Babylon → Walls of Babylon →
reconstructedFrom	original excavated bricks →
symbolizes	power of Babylon → royal authority →
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext	Archaeological Site of Babylon →
usedFor	New Year festival processions → religious processions →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Neo-Babylonian Empire → Neo-Babylonian Empire ("Processional Way of Babylon") →	notableWork
Nebuchadnezzar II →	built
Processional Way of Babylon →	connectedToStructure
Pergamon Museum ("Ishtar Gate of Babylon") →	exhibits
Pergamon Museum ("Ishtar Gate of Babylon") →	famousFor
Babylon →	knownFor