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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Description	English: Lamassu (Human-headed winged bull) heading left. Relief from the m wall, k door, of king Sargon II's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), ca. 713–716 BC. Français : Taureau androcéphale ailé de profil, tourné vers la gauche. Bas-relief de la façade m, porte k, du palais bâti par Sargon II à Dur Sharukin, en Assyrie (actuelle Khorsabad, Iraq), v. 713–716 av. J.-C.
Dimensions	H. 4.2 m (165 ¼ in.), W. 4.4 m (173 in.), D. 1 m (39 ¼ in.)
Credit line	Excavated by Paul-Émile Botta, 1843–1844
Accession number	AO 19858
Location	Department of Oriental antiquities, Richelieu, ground floor, room 4
Photographer/source	Jastrow (2005)

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