15 feb 720 anni a. C. - Lamassu
Descrizione:
Date: 720 BCE ~ 705 BCEArtist: 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
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
15 feb 720 anni a. C.
Adesso
~ 2746 years ago
