Relief. Winged protective genius, 8th century BC. Palace of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad, Iraq. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

8TH CENTURY BC • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • ARCHAEOLOGY • ART • ARTS • ASSYRIA • ASSYRIAN • ASSYRIANS • BABYLON • BAS-RELIEF • BEARD • BENEDICTION • BLESSING • CALCAREOUS • CARVED • CASTLE • CULT • DETAIL • DUR-SHARRUKIN • DYNASTY • EIGHTH CENTURY BC • EMBOSSED • EMPIRE • FORTRESS • FRANCE • GENIE • GENIUS • GUARDIAN • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • IRAQ • KHORSABAD • KING • KINGDOM • KORSABAD • LEGEND • LOUVRE MUSEUM • LOUVRE PALAIS, PARIS • LOUVRE • LOUVRE, PARIS • LOUVRE: MUSEUM • MALE • MASCULINE • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN ART • MESOPOTAMIAN • MESOPOTAMICA • MIDDLE EAST • MUSEUM • MUSEUMS • MYTHOLOGY • NEO-ASSYRIAN • OLD • PALACE OF SARGON II • PALACE • PALACE: LOUVRE, PARIS • PALAIS • PALAZZO • PARIS • PERIOD • PROTECTIVE • PROTECTOR • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RELIGION • RITE • RITUAL • ROCK • ROCKY • SARGON II OF ASSYRIA • SARGON II • SARGONID • SCENE • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SOCIETY • STAGE • STONE • STONES • THEATER • THEATRE • WATER • WINGED • WINGS