This gypsum wall relief depicts a Lahmu; a human figure representing a minor deity. This Lahmu, holding a long and bladed lance guards gates. He has a striking long curly beard and hair. He is bare-footed and wears a short kilt with tassels. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. Found at the entrance of Court VI, the South-West Palace at Nineveh (Kouyunjik), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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