Kassite lion statue

c. 1531–1155 BC · Babylon

Kassite lion statue, from Babylonia, dated c. 1531–1155 BC. Today it is kept at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Date

c. 1531–1155 BC

Civilization

Babylon

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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