Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). Neo-Assyrian. c. 720–705 B.C.E. Alabaster.
- CONTROLLED NEAR EAST FROM 1000 BCE-500 BCE
- MODERN DAY IRAQ
- ASSYRIAN KINGS ESTABLISHED PALACES
- EXCAVATED
- GUARDIAN FIGURES
- PROTECTED GATES OF CITY, TEMPLE, ROYAL PALACE
- WINGED BULLS, HEADS OF MEN
- LAMASSU
- FEARSOME, POWERFUL
- EXPRESS POWER OF ASSYRIAN KING
- STOOD BETWEEN HUGE ARCHES
- STRUCTURAL PURPOSE
- CROWN, DOUBLE HORNS, RING OF FEATHERS
- DELICATE; DETAILED HAIR; UNIBROW
- EARRINGS; DECORATIVE; COMPLEX BEARD; RINGLETS
- INSCRIPTIONS IN CUNEIFORM; PRAISE KING; DAMNATION OF THOSE WHO THREATEN KING
- VEINS, MUSCLE, LEGS
- NATURALISTIC YET IMAGINITIVE
- AUTHORITY OF KING; FORTIFICATION OF PALACE AND KING
- AWESTRUCK