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Assyria
Bull with human head and wings |
Description:
Human-headed winged bull facing.
Bas-relief from the m wall, k door,
of king Sargon II's palace at
Dur Sharrukin in
Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq),
c. 713-716 BC. From Paul-mile Botta's excavations in 1843-1844.
Location:
Louvre Museum, AO 30228.
Photograph:
Jastrow (2005)
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