Caption

Statue, winged lion with human head, flanking the entrance to the throne room of the north-western palace of Ashurnasirpal in Nimrud, today Iraq, excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard, British Museum, London, London region, England, Great Britain

Date

Jul 25, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Olaf Krüger

Reference

BRK25D82_476

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

110.0Mb (7.8Mb) / 25.3in x 16.9in / 7595 x 5063 (300dpi)

Keywords

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