3287604 Winged bull from court VIII at the palace of King Sargon II, Khorsabad, 721-705 BC (gypsum?) by Neo-Assyrian; 495.3x491.4 cm; Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: One of a pair of colossal sculptures of lamassu (composite beings with human heads, bull bodies and bird wings) who guarded the entrance to the throne room of King Sargon II at the northern Iraqi archaeological site of Khorsabad, called Dur-Sharrukin in ancient times.); Photo 穢 Zev Radovan; out of copyright.