File:Human headed winged bull facing.jpg

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wikidata:Q63677031 reasonator:Q63677031
Artist
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Title
Reproduction of a winged bull with human head-AO 30043
label QS:Lde,"Geflügelter Stier mit menschlichem Kopf"
label QS:Len-gb,"Reproduction of a winged bull with human head-AO 30043"
label QS:Lfr,"taureau androcéphale ailé-AO 30043"
label QS:Len,"Reproduction of a winged bull with human head-AO 30043"
Object type sculpture / archaeological artifact Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Human-headed winged bull or Lamassu facing. Bas-relief from the m wall, k door, of king Sargon II's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq).
Français : Taureau androcéphale ailé tourné de face. Bas-relief de la façade m, porte k, du palais bâti par Sargon II à Dur Sharrukin, en Assyrie (actuelle Khorsabad, Iraq)
Date from 713 until 716 BC
Medium gypsum alabaster and moulage Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location

This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).
Accession number
AO 30043
Place of discovery palace of Dur-Sharrukin Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Credit line 1843–1844: excavated by Paul-Émile Botta. Place: Dur-Sharrukin.
References Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010154431 Edit this at Wikidata
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Author Marie-Lan Nguyen
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