The Lamassu Simulacrum
Protective Spirit
Neo-Assyrian (9th–7th century BCE)
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I am the guardian of the threshold. Five legs so that I appear to stand still when seen from the front and to stride forward when seen from the side. What threshold are you crossing?
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- Protective Spirit
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Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID ashurbanipal_exhibition_lamassu
Part of Mesopotamian Studies.