This is a supporting picture of the relief of Gilgamesh. This relief was carved out of limestone, similar to that of the Gilgamesh tablet. There is great detail found on the wings of the sun disk, their robes, hair, and so on. Depicted in this artwork, as well as in the relief depicting Gilgamesh, there are two bull-men supporting a winged sun disk. This carving is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Britain. It measures 26-¾ x 42-⅛ x 20-1/16” and was also found in the ancient city of Guzana (now Tell-Halaf, Syria). This was made (probably) in Guzana in the 9th century BCE. http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/324007

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