3899807 A winged human-headed lion from Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From \'The monuments of Nineveh, from drawings made on the spot\' by Austen Henry Layard, Esq. The ornaments and colours were selected from the decorations in the painted chambers at Nimrud. Lamassu (human-headed winged lion) King Sennacherib of Assyria 705-681 BC was responsible for building at the Akkadian capital of Nineveh. His grandson Ashurbanipal, the last great King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, 668-c.627 BC built the library.).