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This is an alabaster bas-relief depicting a standing human-headed and winged sage or genie, Apkallu, a protective spirit. He wears a horned helmet, elaborate dress, and marvellous accessories. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th century BCE. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud. (State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, Germany) Ancient Sumer, Ancient Babylon, Ancient Sumerian, Cradle Of Civilization, Ancient Near East, Ancient Persia, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Persian, Ancient Mysteries

This is an alabaster bas-relief depicting a standing human-headed and winged sage or genie, Apkallu, a protective spirit. He wears a horned helmet, elaborate dress, and marvellous accessories. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th century BCE. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud. (State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, Germany)

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Royal Standard of Ur, 'War' side, from the Sumerian Royal Graves of Ur, Early Dynastic Period, c.2600-2400 BC (mosaic) (see also 41761) by Sumerian The Royal Standard of Ur comes to us from ancient Sumer. The Standard is actually a rather small wooden box inlaid with mosaic of shell, limestone and lapi lazuli. We do not yet know the exact function of the Standard, but the box has two main sections, war and peace Sumerian Art, Mesopotamian Art, Ancient Sumer, Peace Painting, Ancient Persia, Small Wooden Boxes, Wooden Painting, Mesopotamia, Ancient Civilizations

Royal Standard of Ur, 'War' side, from the Sumerian Royal Graves of Ur, Early Dynastic Period, c.2600-2400 BC (mosaic) (see also 41761) by Sumerian The Royal Standard of Ur comes to us from ancient Sumer. The Standard is actually a rather small wooden box inlaid with mosaic of shell, limestone and lapi lazuli. We do not yet know the exact function of the Standard, but the box has two main sections, war and peace

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