Dur Sharrukin
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Dur Sharrukin is an ancient city of Assyria, now Khorsabad in Iraq.
The ruins of king Sargon II's city and palace were excavated there in the 1840s by the French consul at Mossul, Pierre-Émile Botta. Reliefs from the palace can now be seen at the Louvre Museum and the British Museum.
 Sargon II meeting with a dignatary |
 Dignatary |
 Blessing genie |
 Genie holding a poppy flower |
 Blessing genie, fragment |
 Person holding an inbex and a poppy |
 Gilgamesh mastering a lion |
 Groom leading horses |
 Two civil servants |
 A warrior |
 Servant |
 Servants holding the rolling throne of the king |
[edit] Shedu
The shedu are Mesopotamian demons of a benevolent nature, depicted as human-headed winged bulls.
 Human-headed winged bull facing right |
 Human-headed winged bull facing left |
 Human-headed winged bull |
 City-gate, British Museum |
[edit] Transport of cedar
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 (detail of the latter) |
