Evil Eye Amulet of Nebuchanezzar
Cuneifrom Cylinder of Nabopolassar Recording Repair of the City Wall of Babylon
Wings, Wings, Everything with Wings
Cyrus the Great with wings.
Mountain Goat with Really Cool Horns
Bird-Headed Men, Winged Beast
Neo-Babylonian Cylinder Seal
Walls along Main Entrance to Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar II.
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Ishtar Gate Entrance to Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar II.
(Pergamon Museum, Berlin)
Ishtar Gate Entrance to Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar II.
(Pergamon Museum, Berlin)
3.84 cm.
Inscribed: To Marduk his lord, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, son of Nabopalassar, gave [this] for his life.
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Human-headed winged bull, 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II. Dug at Nimrud.
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625–605 B.C.
(Coutesy of Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/NEAREAST/neareast01.html )
Gold plaque.
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Saudia Arabia circa 600 B.C.
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Syrian 8th century B.C. found at Nimrud.
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Cyrus the Great has more wings than you can shake a stick at. This replica of an actual (now greatly decayed) relief found at Pasargade gives Cyrus multiple wings to suggest swiftness and power, common apocalyptic imagery.
For more details, see: http://oznet.net/cyrus/achaemen.htm
Central Iran, 3rd millenium.
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SW Iran, 2900 B.C.
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Axe handle, silver with gold-overlay. 2100 B.C.
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Winged warrior battles lion (?) for bull. Circa 7th century B.C.
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