Sacred Tree Being Attended by Human-headed and Bird-headed Divinities, Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 B.C.), from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, northern Mesopotamia, excavated at Nimrud (Ancient Kalhu). Gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1932 (32.143.3)

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