14.6.11

Sacred Hybrid


Lamasu. Human-headed winged bull facing. Bas-relief from King Sargon II's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713–716 BCE. | Taureau androcéphale ailé tourné de face. Bas-relief du palais bâti par Sargon II à Dur Sharrukin, en Assyrie (actuelle Khorsabad, Iraq), v. 713–716 av. J.-C. Musée du Louvre, Paris


Motif of an Afro-Roman mosaic from Carthage, Tunisia. Bardo Museum, Tunis (David Simmer)


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