Colossal Lamassu Sculpture from the Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad – (Šarru-Kīn) ◄ Tidligere neste ►

Artist: Šarru-Kīn

Museum: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (Chicago, United States)

Teknikk: Limestone

This colossal sculpture of a winged-bull was one of a series that guarded the entrance to the throne room of Sargon II, king of Assyria (721-705 BC), in his palace at Khorsabad, the capital city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire during his reign. This figure, known as a lamassu from the textual sources, is a composite mythological being with the head of a human, the body and ears of a bull, and the wings of a bird. The winged-bulls of Sargon