Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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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.
#08020637

Winged bull. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western p...

Lion with inscription "Temple of the Weather God"
on top left corner. 
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.
#08020638

Lion with inscription "Temple of the Weather God" on top left corner. Basalt...

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.
#08020642

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)
#08020644

Winged genius. Bas-relief on a marble orthostat (8...

Adadnirari III (810-783 BCE) worshipping               
divine emblems - and an inscription.                   
Bas-relief on an obelisk (7th BCE)                     
erected for the Assyrian King Adad,                    
from Sabaa, Yemen
#08020649

Adadnirari III (810-783 BCE) worshipping divine emblems - and an...

Chamberlain of Tiglath Pileser III                     
worshipping emblems - and inscription.                 
Bas-relief on a limestone stele (7th BCE)              
from Tell Abta near Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020650

Chamberlain of Tiglath Pileser III worshipping emblems - an...

Head of a gateway guardian, Demon.                     
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Nineveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Cat. 118781
#08020657

Head of a gateway guardian, Demon. Period of Sennacherib (7...

Demon and warrior. Bronze figurines                    
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Cat. 115509
#08020658

Demon and warrior. Bronze figurines Period of Sennacherib (7...

Shamash-ush-usur, governor of Suhi and Mari,           
praying to the gods Adad and Ishtar.                   
Bas-relief from the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II        
(605-562 BCE)                                          
Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
#08020661

Shamash-ush-usur, governor of Suhi and Mari, praying to the gods Adad...

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small   
figures. His emblem, the solar disk, appears on the    
altar. The tablet was dedicated by a Babylonian king   
of the 9th BCE, who restored the temple of Shamash in  
Sippar, Mesopotamia (Iraq) - Original mould
#08020662

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small figures. His emblem, the...

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small   
figures. His emblem, the Solar disk, appears on the    
altar. The tablet was dedicated by a Babylonian king   
of the 9th BCE, who restored the temple of Shamash in  
Sippar. Positive cast from the original mould
#08020663

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small figures. His emblem, the...

Bull.  Enameled tile and ceramic brick.                
Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Mesopotamia      
Period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE)
#08020664

Bull. Enameled tile and ceramic brick. Detail from the Ishtar G...