Cleveland Museum of Art

Saluting Protective Spirit

Unknown artist

883–859 BCE

Type: Sculpture
Medium: gypsum
Dimensions: Overall: 229.9 x 137 cm (90 1/2 x 53 15/16 in.)
Culture: Neo-Assyrian (911–609 BCE), Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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