ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 3月30日 01時03分

Photograph by @simonnorfolkstudio
Two Lamassu (lamasi) in the Assyrian style, albeit, of colossal proportions, stand at the eastern doorway of the Gate of All Nations, also known as the Gate of Xerxes, located in the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis, 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran.
In art, lamasi were depicted as hybrids, with bodies of either winged bulls or lions and heads of human males. The motif of a winged animal with a human head is common to the Near East, first recorded in Ebla (in modern day Syria) around 3000 BCE. The first distinct lamassu motif appeared in Assyria during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser II as a symbol of power.
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