Title
Paris, The Louvre, Near Eastern Antiquities
Caption
France, Ile de France region, Paris 1st arrondissement, the Louvre Museum, Near Eastern Antiquities, Room 229
Orthostats from the palace of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad), 721–705 BC
Left: a bearded man holding in his left hand a stem bearing three pomegranate or poppy capsules
Right: a man in prayer (or King Sargon himself?), holding a bouquet of lotus or poppy flowers and an ibex
Date
Nov 20, 2025
Credit line
Gilles Targat/Photo12
Reference
GTT25A07_397
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50.6Mb (3.0Mb) / 11.8in x 16.7in / 3530 x 5012 (300dpi)