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‘The form* culminated in the Ishtar Gate of Nebuchadnezzar** at Babylon.

‘In the recesses of the facade stand gods and goddesses, each holding a vase of flowing water above their elongated trunks. The streams of water link the deities....’

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*[Early Kassites – see next entry]

**(c1124-c1103[BCE])

*** – ibid [Encylopaedia of Visual Art 1: 66]

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