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title: Assyrian Ugallu
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6980/assyrian-ugallu/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Assyrian Ugallu

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Assyrian Ugallu](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6980.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6980.jpg)

## Image Caption

This gypsum [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/) relief depicts a standing lion-headed man holding a dagger, looking to the right. This is "the Great Lion" or "Ugallu". Layard found it in two fragments, among the so-called "Gallery XLIX (O); the long gallery" at the South-West [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) of [Nineveh](https://www.worldhistory.org/nineveh/) (Kouyunjik). Layard, to describe this wall panel, stated that "Amongst the scattered fragments was the figure of a lion-headed man raising a sword which does not appear to have belonged to this gallery, unless it had been used to break the monotony of one long line of elaborate bas-reliefs representing nearly the same subject. Similar figures only occur at entrances in the ruins of Kouyunjik". Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of [Sennacherib](https://www.worldhistory.org/sennacherib/), 700-692 BCE. From [Mesopotamia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamia/), modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2017, August 23). Assyrian Ugallu. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6980/assyrian-ugallu/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Assyrian Ugallu." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 23, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6980/assyrian-ugallu/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Assyrian Ugallu." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Aug 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6980/assyrian-ugallu/>.

## License & Copyright

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