Human-headed winged bull (lamassu)

Unknown Artist

ca. 883–859 BCE

Human-headed winged bull (lamassu) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gypsum alabaster

Dimensions

H. 123 1/2 x W. 26 1/2 x D. 122 in., 15999.8 lb. (313.7 x 67.3 x 309.9 cm, 7257.4 kg)

Classification

Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed

Culture & Period

Assyrian · Neo-Assyrian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932

Accession Number

32.143.1

Tags

Bulls

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