Detail of a relief showing the head of a Winged Genius. Neo-Assyrian, from the Northwest Palace of King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) at Kalhu (Nimrud), Assyria (present-day Iraq). This carving once decorated a reception room in the royal palace built by King Ashurnasirpal II in his new capital city on the banks of the Tigris river. Art Institute of Chicago
