Protective Spirit or Apkallu - Eagle head birdmen
- Ryan Moorhen
- Jul 29, 2018
- 1 min read

Alabaster bas-relief detail showing the head of an Apkallu or protective spirit. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel D1, Room G, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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