Head of mushhushshu

c. 900–800 BC · Assyria

Head of mushhushshu, from Assyria, dated c. 900–800 BC. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 900–800 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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