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Human-headed winged lion (lamassu)

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Gypsum alabaster, Neo-Assyrian, Assyrian
Rights: Public Domain
Ancient West Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr. 1932
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Title: Human-headed winged lion (lamassu)
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Gypsum alabaster, Neo-Assyrian, Assyrian.

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