Fig. 2: Lamassu (Human-headed winged lion) from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Iraq, ca. 883–859 BCE.

a Assembly of a statue (photograph taken 9/10/1957). b Completed statue as displayed in the galleries prior to the renovation project: 311.2 × 62.2 × 276.9 cm. Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932, 32.143.2. Photographs courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.