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Khorsabad Winged Human-Headed Bull (Lamassu)

Maker unknown

Five-legged winged human-headed bull from Sargon II's palace at Dur-Sharrukin.

Date
c. 721–705 BCE
Collection
Musée du Louvre
Reference
AO 19857

Plate not recorded
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Record

Medium
Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions
420 × 436 × 97 cm
Origin
Iraq
Owner
French State

In the Tapestry

Culture of origin
Neo-Assyrian EmpireAmedium confidence

Provenance and history

  1. c. 721–705 BCE

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Sources

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    collections.louvre.fr

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