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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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A double headed animal, possibly a dog. Terracotta figure (around 1800 BCE) from Ebla, Syria.
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A double headed animal, possibly a dog. Terracotta figure (aroun...

Bull and Mushussu, a mythological animal with a snake's neck and scales. Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon Blue enamelled tiles (7th BCE).
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Bull and Mushussu, a mythological animal with a snake's neck and...

Winged lion with ram's head and griffin's hind legs. Glazed tile frieze (500 BCE) from the palace of Dareios the Great (522-486 BCE), Susa, Iran Glazed tiles,165 x 209 cm Sb 3326
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Winged lion with ram's head and griffin's hind legs. Glazed tile frieze (500 BC...

Phoenician ship and hippocampus on a silver coin.
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Phoenician ship and hippocampus on a silver coin.

Sphinx (Imperial Period, 17th-12th BCE) from the south gate of Hattusa (Boghazkoy), Turkey
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Sphinx (Imperial Period, 17th-12th BCE) from the south gate of H...

Column base with double sphinxes which once supported the wooden columns of Hilani III, at the palace of the Aramean King Barrekup. Basalt (Late Hittite, 8th BCE) from Sinjirli/Samal, Turkey
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Column base with double sphinxes which once supported the wooden col...

Winged bull. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE. Height 64 cm.
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Winged bull. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western p...

Demon god with four wings. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE.
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Demon god with four wings. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall o...

Winged genius. Bas-relief on a marble orthostat (883-859 BCE) from the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnazirpal II at Nimrud-Kalash, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
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Winged genius. Bas-relief on a marble orthostat (8...

Bull. Enameled tile and ceramic brick. Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Mesopotamia Period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE)
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Bull. Enameled tile and ceramic brick. Detail from the Ishtar G...

Bull. Enameled tile and ceramic brick. Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Mesopotamia Period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE)
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Bull. Enameled tile and ceramic brick. Detail from the Ishtar G...

Mythical creature with gazelle's head, lion's body and snake's tail. Enamelled tile and ceramic brick. Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Mesopotamia Period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE)
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Mythical creature with gazelle's head, lion's body and snake's tail. Enamel...