Human-headed winged lion (lamassu)
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 883–859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions: H. 122 1/2 x W. 24 1/2 x D. 109 in., 15999.8 lb. (311.2 x 62.2 x 276.9 cm, 7257.4 kg)
Classification: Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932
Accession year: 1932