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Lion Gate (Boghazkoy, Turkey), c.1400 BCE, limestone. Assyrian Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II (Khorsabad, Iraq) c. 720 BCE Reputation of the Assyrians/ royal citadel of Sargon II/ lamassu/ sculptor’s viewpoints.
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Assyrian Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II (Khorsabad, Iraq) c. 720 BCE Reputation of the Assyrians/ royal citadel of Sargon II/ lamassu/ sculptor’s viewpoints
Assyrian reliefs from the palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c. 650 BCE
depiction of a wild beast/ bas relief carving/ demonstration of the king’s power
Dying Lioness, Assyrian relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c. 650 BCE
Top: Relief of Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions (Nimrud, Iraq) c. 850 BCEBelow: Drawing of the citadel and palace complex of Sargon II (Khorsabad, Iraq)
Neo-Babylonian Period/ King Nebuchadnezzar/ Ishtar and Tammuz/ bulls, lions, and the mususu/ the “hanging gardens”
Royal Audience Hall (apadana) at Persepolis of Darius I (Iran), c. 500 BCE Darius III and Alexander the Great/ elevation of platform/ apadana with bull capitals/ loose groupings of buildings/ satrapies
Left: Layout of Persepolis Below: Bull Capital from the royal audience hall of the palace of Artaxerxes II (Susa) c. 375 BCE
Persian Rhyton with forepart of a winged lion, 5th century BCE
Left: Head of a Sasanian king (Shapur II?) c. 350 CE (AD), silver with mercury gildingBelow: Palace of Shapur I (Ctesiphon, Iraq), c. 250 CE