With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was said to depict an "Assyrian Deity that was excavated in Iraq" in 2023. The winged bull figure is lamassu, a likeness ...

Commissioned during the reign of Sargon II, an Assyrian ruler from 722 to 705 B.C.E., the lamassu once stood guard at the gates of Dur-Sharrukin. These statues were believed to offer divine ...

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The Gigamesh Statue at the Sydney University, The Assyrian Martyr's Statue at Bonnyrigg and Saint Raban Hemiz in Greenfield Park St Hermiz Cathedral Credit: lewis.jpg ...