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Sampling Dark #Beers tonight at the Brickhouse.
Pair of Winged Deities, c. 874-860 BC Assyrian (Iraq), Reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC).
The Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883–859 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 created a sensation throughout the Western world.
