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Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010
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#5 Posted by kmt_sesh on 12/13/2010

A beautiful lamassu! We have one similar to that at the Oriental Institute in Chicago, including a number of orthostats as seen adjacent to the lamassu in your photo. Assyria was a fascinating empire.

#4 Posted by Big Bad Voodoo on 12/14/2010

Yes it is beatiful.You must love Assyrians.Sumerians called them Lamma. Akkadians called them Shedu.

#3 Posted by Eldorado on 3/12/2011

Awesome!

#2 Posted by mr rainbow on 3/19/2011

assyrian stuff is alwys cool

#1 Posted by grnpaed on 4/22/2011

A point of interest: Notice the stylized horns on the helmet. They depict the status of the god being rendered. The more horns... the greater the standing in the pantheon of gods. Very nice work eh?

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