Winged bull and lion from a Nimrud gateway

c. 883–859 BC · Assyria

Winged bull and lion from a Nimrud gateway, from Assyria, dated c. 883–859 BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 883–859 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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