Colossal statue of a winged lion with a human face. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

860 BC • 865 BC • 9TH CENTURY BC • 9TH CENTURY • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANATOMY: LEG • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT KALHU • ANCIENT • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: LION • ANIMALS • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • ART HISTORY • ART • ARTS • ASHURNASIRPAL II • ASIA • ASSYRIA • ASSYRIAN • ASSYRIANS • BC BC BC • BEARD • BEARDED • BRITISH MUSEUM • CARVING • CASTLE • CHAOS • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CITY OF LONDON • COLOSSAL • CREATURE • CUINEFORM • CULT • CUSTODIAN • DEMONIC • ENGLAND • FACE • FANTASTIC • FANTASTICAL • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FIVE • FORCES • FORTRESS • GREAT BRITAIN • GUARD • GUARDIAN • GUARDS • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HUMAN • HUMANE • INDIVIDUAL • IRAQ • KALHU • KEEPER • KING • LEG • LEG, ANATOMY • LEGEND • LEGS • LEO • LEON • LION • LIONS • LONDON • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • MYTH • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NEO-ASSYRIAN • NIMRUD • NORTHERN IRAQ • NORTHWEST PALACE • NORTHWEST • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • OLD • PALACE • PALACIO • PALAIS • PALAZZO • PERSON • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PIECE • PROTECTION • PROTECTIVE • PROTECTOR • RITE • RITUAL • ROYAL • RULER • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • STATUE • STATUES • STATUETTE • UK • VISAGE • WARDEN • WATER • WING (PINION) • WING • WINGED • WINGS