feb 15, 720 BC - Lamassu

Description:

Date: 720 BCE ~ 705 BCE

Artist: unkown

Medium: Alabaster

Location:
original: Palace of Sargon II, Iraq
current: Louvre, Paris

Function:
- Sargon II create these figures after he created the capital city Khorsabad.
- spiritual guardian for the city and the palace
- support for the arch to enter the palace
- symbols combining man, bull and bird (anthropomorphic) offered protection against enemies

Form:
- anthropomorphic
- man, bull and bird
- 5 legs: when seen from the front it is standing
and when seen from the side it is
walking

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