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Lion of Allat

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Original – The Lion of Al-lāt was an ancient statue of a lion with a crouching gazelle which adorned the temple of pre-Islamic goddess Al-lāt in Palmyra, Syria. Made from limestone in the 1st century AD, the statue measured 3.5 m in height and weighed 15 tonnes. On 27 June 2015 the statue was demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Reason: This monument has been recently demolished by ISIL, but I think we got a decent freely licensed photo before demolition, especially since it cannot be retaken. A bitter irony is that the statue had an inscription "Al-lāt will bless whoever will not shed blood in the sanctuary", symbolizing everything ISIL is not.
Articles in which this image appears: Lion of Al-lāt, Palmyra
FP category for this image: Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Mappo

Support as nominator – Brandmeister^talk 09:29, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Pretty good pic with valuable EV; lengthy, well-documented target article. Sca (talk) 14:40, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not a perfect pic, but, sadly, not retakeable. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:59, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support - EV an irreplaceability pushes aside most of the technical issues, but I wonder if it might be straightened a bit more. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:40, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Gazelle not shown to scale or that is one humongous lion. Belle (talk) 22:07, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support - EV as Crisco say, of course, but it is a bit of a technical issues with it... Hafspajen (talk) 00:08, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jobas (talk) 18:37, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lion in the garden of Palmyra Archeological Museum, 2010-04-21.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:30, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]