Human-headed winged bull (lamassu)
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 883–859 BCE
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: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Themes: Bulls
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932
Met highlightDate range
-883 – -859
Largest dimension
309.9 cm
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