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Title/Caption	Winged human-headed bulls
Variant Title/Caption	Lamassu and relief sculpture from Citadel of Sargon II
Larger Work/Entity	Citadel of Sargon II
Site/Creative Center	Dur Sharrukin [modern Khorsabad], Assyria (Iraq)
Date of Work	ca. 721-705 BCE
Description of View	Detail view: head and body from right front [Left lamassu, detail view]
Notes	Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sargon II. From entrance to the Palace of King Sargon II at Khorsabad. Human-headed winged bulls were protective genies called shedu or lamassu, and were placed as guardians at certain gates or doorways of the city and the palace.
Technique/Process	relief sculpture, high relief; architectural sculpture
Materials/Medium	stone (gypseous alabaster)
Dimensions	4.2 meters x 4.36 meters x 97 cm (H: ca. 13 ft. 10 in.)
Period	Ancient Near Eastern (Mesopotamia), Assyrian
Century	8th Century BCE
Style of Work	Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Paris (France)
Location.Current Repository	Musee du Louvre
Repository Notes	P.-E. Botta excavations, 1843-1844. Inventory No. AO 19857
Related Persons	Sargon II [Sharru-kin], King of Assyria (reigned ca. 720-705 BCE)
Subject	Sculpture, Mesopotamian Sculpture, Assyrian 8th Century BCE Figures, composite Animals Bulls
Publisher	Saskia Ltd. Cultural Documentation
Publisher.Location	Freeport, Maine (United States)
Credit Line	(C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Reference Number	Saskia Jii-0642
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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