The Egyptian art of covering walls with decorative designs in glazed tile or brick passed over to Asia. It was employed with magnificent effect on the walls of the Assyrian palaces and at Babylon (Fig. 184, B) in the Chaldean Age. Nebuchadnezzar’s festival avenue (§ 235) was inclosed on either side with walls adorned with lines of lions like this, leading up to the Gate of Ishtar (Fig. 110)