Winged Figure Iraq, Calah, 800s BC limestone, 19 1/2 inches (49.5 cm) high Charles Bayly Jr. Fund and general acquisition funds 1963.1

This fragmentary representation of a winged figure once formed part of a wall relief in the Northwest Palace of the Assyrian king Assurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859 BC) at Calah (Nimrud), situated south of Mosul in Iraq. Originally painted with bright colors, the entire relief panel probably depicted a second winged figure to the left of a central tree to create a symmetrical composition characteristic of Mesopotamian art.


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