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Sam'al Lions
The Sam'al lions are a number of lion-shaped statues from Sam'al, the modern Zincirli, which are currently located in the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin (Pergamon Museum), the Museum of the Ancient Orient (Istanbul) and the Louvre. Pergamon lions The lions are made from dolerite. They are 1.9 metres high, 2.9-3.05 metres long and 0.85-.0.9 metres wide. The figures have the inventory numbers VAG 1042, VA 2719, VA 2718 und VA 3001. Three of the lions are originals, one of them is a plaster cast.Wartke, 1992, pp. 218-221. The lions come, and have been dated between the 10th and 8th centuries BC. They probably belong to the inner part of the east gate of the city, but were discovered in a secondary deposition. All four lions differ from one another in details. The differences are so great that current scholarship argues that the outer lions must date to the 10th century BC and the inner lions to the 8th century. Both statues stand nearly square with one another. The sides are only car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Pergamon Museum (; ) is a listed building on the Museum Island in the Mitte (locality), historic centre of Berlin. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of German Emperor Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm II according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann (architect), Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Classicism, Stripped Classicism style. In November 2016, it was revealed that the estimated project costs would almost double to 477 million euros. Two Pumping station, pump houses built in the ground during the initial construction between 1910 and 1930 had been discovered causing rising costs and delays. At least 60 million euros of the increased costs are directly due to the fact that construction costs had risen since the original estimate 10 years ago. Also it was announced that a temporary exhibition space will be built opposite Museum Island, a short distance from Pergamon Museum. It will house a Panoramic painting, panorama of the ancient city by the Berlin-based art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
