Maltai Reliefs

Image View Description

A lion and a hybrid winged and horned lion carrying Assyrian divinities

Date

Early 7th century B.C.

Material/Technique
  • limestone
Work Type
sculpture
Style/Period
Assyrian
Location
Dohuk (Iraq)
Notes

Reliefs depict the Assyrian king worshipping to the main divinities in the Mesopotamian pantheon.

Image Source

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Photographer
Helen Malko
Record ID
1314_iraq2013_maltai_img_077