#20 - Assyrian Human-headed winged bull 859 B.C

3D Model

Part of my Everyday a Scan series!

“From the ninth to the seventh century B.C., the kings of Assyria ruled over a vast empire centered in northern Iraq. The great Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 B.C.), undertook a vast building program at Nimrud, ancient Kalhu. Until it became the capital city under Ashurnasirpal, Nimrud had been no more than a provincial town.

The new capital occupied an area of about nine hundred acres, around which Ashurnasirpal constructed a mudbrick wall that was 120 feet thick, 42 feet high, and five miles long. In the southwest corner of this enclosure was the acropolis, where the temples, palaces, and administrative offices of the empire were located…”

Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322608?sortBy=Relevance&who=Assyrian&ft=*&offset=60&rpp=100&pos=157