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Magic Stars by Ilona Andrews6/29/2023 ![]() From the front they appear to stand, and from the side, walk, and in earlier versions have five legs, as is apparent when viewed obliquely. They were represented as "double-aspect" figures on corners, in high relief. Īssyrian sculpture typically placed prominent pairs of lamassu at entrances in palaces, facing the street and also internal courtyards. The first distinct lamassu motif appeared in Assyria during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser II as a symbol of power. The motif of a winged animal with a human head is common to the Near East, first recorded in Ebla around 3000 BC. ![]() ![]() ![]() Human-headed winged bulls from Sargon II's palace in Dur-Sharrukin, modern Khorsabad ( Louvre)įrom Assyrian times, lamassu were depicted as hybrids, with bodies of either winged bulls or lions and heads of human males. ![]()
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