3899812 Human-headed bull and winged figure from a gateway in the wall surrounding Kouyunjik [Quyunjik], 1853 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From \'A second series of the Monuments of Nineveh: including bas-reliefs from the palace of Sennacherib and bronzes from the ruins of Nimroud\' by Austen Henry Layard, Esq. Nineveh, now the mounds of Kuyunjik and Nebi Yunus, on the left bank of the river Tigris 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. Lamassu (human-headed winged lion) ).