Lamassu Z Bramy Pałacu Sargona Ii

By Margaret Wiegel • Published: 08 December 2023 • Updated: 10 May 2025

Lamassu (uskrzydlone byki z ludzkimi głowami, najprawdopodobniej lamassu lub shedu) z pałacu Sargona II, w Dur-Szarrukin (obecnie Chorsabad, Irak), okres nowoasyryjski, około 720-705 lat p.n.e., alabaster gipsowy, 4,20 x 4,36 x 0,97 m, odkryte przez P. E. Bottę w.

The Palace of Sargon II The Cour Khorsabad. Decoration from the city and palace of King Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin, present-day Khorsabad Room 229, Richelieu wing, Level 0.

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...

Their targets included the lamassu figures that stood at one of the many ceremonial gates to this important ancient Assyrian city. Scholars believe that this particular gate, which dates to the reign of Sennacherib around 700 B.C.E., was built to honor the god Nergal, an.

Lamassu depict a winged creature with the bearded head of a human and the body of a bull or a lion. During the Assyrian period, Mesopotamian kings established palaces in cities such as Nimrūd and Dur Sharrukin. The palaces were a display of the kings’ power, and.

Backstory. The lamassu in museums today (including the Louvre, shown in our video, as well the British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, and others) came from various ancient Assyrian sites located in modern-day Iraq.

Winged human-headed bull (lamassu or shedu), Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sargon II (721-705 B.C.E.) Khorsabad, ancient Dur Sharrukin, Assyria, Iraq, gypseous alabaster, 4.20 x 4.36 x 0.97 m, excavated by P.-E. Botta 1843-44 (Musée du Louvre).

In a press release yesterday, the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) announced that the 2,700-year-old lamassu—an Assyrian protective deity typically possessing a human-like ...