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No. 26 · Museum artifacts

Lamassu from Khorsabad

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Winged, human-headed bulls that guarded Sargon II’s palace.

Maker
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Date
c. 713–706 BC
Era
Ancient
Style
Mesopotamia
Form
Sculpture
Origin
Iraq
Where it is
Louvre, Paris
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