Winged-bull 插畫檔

"The Babylonian human-head-winged-bullIn the palace of Ashurnasirpal ll, pairs of human-headed lions and bulls decorated the gateways. This lion creature wears the horned cap of divinity signifying his superhuman power. During the ninth century B.C. the great Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II built a new capital at Nimrud, where the palace was decorated with large stone slabs ornamented with low-relief carvings and with sculpted figures guarding the doorways."