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Pair of Winged Deities,&nbsp;c. 874-860 BC Assyrian (Iraq), Reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883&ndash;859 BC).

The Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883&ndash;859&nbsp;b.c.) at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) is the earliest of the surviving royal residences of the Assyrian kings, lavishly decorated with monumental gateway figures and reliefs, whose discovery in the mid-nineteenth century create