Lamassu from the Palace of Sargon II. Assyrians. Protective deity. 721-705 BCE. Louvre.

8TH BCE • 8TH CENTURY B. C. • 8TH CENTURY BC • ALABASTER • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITY • ART • ASSYRIA • ASSYRIAN • ASSYRIANS • BEARD • BULL • CLAW • CLAWS • COLOSSAL • CREATURE • DEITY • DETAIL • EMPIRE • ENTRANCE • ERA • EUROPE • GENIUS • HEAD • HEADED HUMAN • HIGH • HISTORY • HUMAN • HUMAN-HEADED • HUMANE • HYBRID • ICONOGRAPHY • INDIVIDUAL • IRAQ • KEEP WARM • KHORSABAD • KING • LAMASSU • LOUVRE MUSEUM. PARIS. FRANCE. • LOUVRE PALAIS, PARIS • LOUVRE • LOUVRE, PARIS • LOUVRE: MUSEUM • MESOPOAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • MUSEUM • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NEAR EAST • NEAR EASTERN ANTIQUITIES • NEAR EASTERN • NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE • NEO-ASSYRIAN • PALACE • PALACE: LOUVRE, PARIS • PARIS • PERIOD • PERSON • PROTECT • PROTECTION • PROTECTIVE • RELIGION • REMAIN • RUIN • RUINS • SARGON II • SCULPTURE • SHEDU • STATUA • STATUE • STATUES • SYMBOL • TIMES • WESTERN ASIAN (ETHNOLOGY) • WINGED