Lamassu
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Lama, Lamma, or Lamassu is a Mesopotamian protective deity.
Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Lamma, protective winged deity, Sumerian Isin-Larsa period (2000–1800 BC)
Lamassu, Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 721–705 BC. Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, University of Chicago
Statuette of the goddess Lama, probably made in a workshop on the outskirts of Mesopotamia. Isin-Larsa period (2000–1800 BC). Royal Museums of Art and History
Nimrud
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Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq, 30 kilometres south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres south of the village of Selamiyah, in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia. It was a m
Lamassu
…External videos Assyrian Human Headed Winged Lion and Bull (Lamassu), Smarthistory The British Museum – human-headed winged lions and reliefs from Nimrud with the Balawat Gates The British Museum – human-headed winged bulls from Dur-Sharrukin The British Museum – human-headed winged lion and bull from…
A lamassu at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II before destruction in 2015.
Artist’s impression of Assyrian palaces from The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853
Artist’s impression of a hall in an Assyrian palace from The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853
1851 sketch of Layard's expedition removing a Lamassu