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Ishin Aswas
archaeological site, Iraq
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feature of Babylon ruins
- In Babylon: The present site
…from the ziggurat, and (6) Ishin Aswad, where there are two further temples. A depression called Sahn marks the former site of the ziggurat Etemenanki. A larger-than-life-size basalt lion, probably of Hittite origin and brought to Babylon in antiquity, stands north of the Ishtar Gate.
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