Illustration
A human-headed and winged Apkallu, holding a deer in his right arm. The left hand carries a palm branch. The animal is a Persian fallow deer (of the species Dama Mesopotamica). This deer still lives in Northern and North-Eastern parts of Iraqi Kurdistan (in the area between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, where the heartland of the Assyrian Empire is very close). The Apkallu wears a kilt and a fringed rope containing many tassels. He is bare-footed. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 865-860 BCE. Panel 30 (right half), Room B of the North-West Palace at Nimrud (Kalhu), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. This room’s door leads to the Royal Throne Room. (British Museum, London)
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