This question regards the dimensions of two figures on glazed colored
bricks originally appearing on the Ishtar Gates in ancient Babylon,
the walking lion and the Sirrush dragon.
1. What is the exact length and width of each composition?
2. What are the exact dimensions of the glazed bricks and size of the
grout spacing between bricks?
The Ishtar figures are also found at a museum in Instanbul, the NY
Met., the Berlin Museum, and others.

Steve

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"Dragon of Marduk
ca. 604-562 B.C.; Mesopotamian, Neo-Babylonian Period; Ishtar Gate,
Babylon; Molded, glazed bricks; 1.2 x 1.7 m (45 1/2 x 65 3/4 in.)":
http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/mesopotamia/31.25.html

"Relief of the Dragon of Marduk
Mesopotamian, Neo Babylonian Period, 604?562 B.C.
From the Ishtar Gate, Babylon
Relief of molded, glazed terra cotta bricks
1.2 x 1.7 m (45 12 x 65 in.)":
http://www.dia.org/collections/Ancient&Islamic/31.25.html

"... a striding dragon, sacred to the god Marduk [a.k.a the sirrush]":
http://www.dragonsinn.info/html/middle_east4b.htm