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Lamassu

            Close-up view of a winged human headed lion (or Lamassu). From the North West Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), room G, door b, panel 2. From northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 865-860 BCE. 
This Lamassu guarded the entrance into the banquet hall of the palace. The pair to it is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. My Nikon D90 camera. The British Museum, London. UK. 
   

Taken on: January 28, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/4.2, 1/40 sec, 32mm (=48mm), ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Aperture:	f/4.2
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	32mm (35mm equivalent: 48mm)
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACDSee Pro 6
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