This winged eagle-headed Assyrian creature was known as an apkallu. Following Assyrian custom, it wears wristband with rosette.
This winged eagle-headed Assyrian creature was known as an apkallu. Following Assyrian custom, it wears a wristband with a rosette design. The pocketbook-type bag it carries represented a pail, thought by scholars for holding liquids for fertilizing the palm tree, king, and palace. The cone-shaped object in its right hand represents the male flower cluster of the date palm and figuratively represents the fertilizing of the "sacred tree," which represents the Assyrian Empire and the king. The fertilizing of the tree is thought to bring good times to the empire and the king. The bas-relief was uncovered in present-day Iraq, where much of ancient Assyria was located. It is housed in the Louvre in Paris.
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