{"id":137,"date":"2015-10-06T19:23:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T19:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/zelixart101\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=137"},"modified":"2015-10-26T22:20:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T22:20:39","slug":"video-lamassu","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/chapter\/video-lamassu\/","title":{"raw":"Lamassu","rendered":"Lamassu"},"content":{"raw":"Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of <em>Lamassu<\/em> from the citadel of Sargon II.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/2GrvBLKaRSI\r\n\r\n<em>Lamassu <\/em>(winged human-headed bulls possibly lamassu or shedu) from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (now Khorsabad, Iraq), Neo-Assyrian, c. 720\u2013705 BCE, gypseous alabaster, 4.20 \u00d7 4.36 \u00d7 0.97 m, excavated by P.-E. Botta 1843\u201344 (Mus\u00e9e du Louvre)\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<h3>In the News<\/h3>\r\nIrreplaceable Lamassu sculpture, Assyrian\u00a0architecture and whole archaeological sites have recently been destroyed by militants that control large areas of\u00a0Iraq and Syria. This tragedy cannot be undone and is an attack on our shared\u00a0history and cultural heritage. To learn more read this <a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1AD65Wr\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2015, New York Times article<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of <em>Lamassu<\/em> from the citadel of Sargon II.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GrvBLKaRSI?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Lamassu <\/em>(winged human-headed bulls possibly lamassu or shedu) from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (now Khorsabad, Iraq), Neo-Assyrian, c. 720\u2013705 BCE, gypseous alabaster, 4.20 \u00d7 4.36 \u00d7 0.97 m, excavated by P.-E. Botta 1843\u201344 (Mus\u00e9e du Louvre)<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<h3>In the News<\/h3>\n<p>Irreplaceable Lamassu sculpture, Assyrian\u00a0architecture and whole archaeological sites have recently been destroyed by militants that control large areas of\u00a0Iraq and Syria. This tragedy cannot be undone and is an attack on our shared\u00a0history and cultural heritage. To learn more read this <a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1AD65Wr\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2015, New York Times article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-137\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Khan Academy. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ancient-art-civilizations\/ancient-near-east1\/assyrian\/v\/lamassu\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ancient-art-civilizations\/ancient-near-east1\/assyrian\/v\/lamassu<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":78,"menu_order":13,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II\",\"author\":\"Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker\",\"organization\":\"Khan Academy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ancient-art-civilizations\/ancient-near-east1\/assyrian\/v\/lamassu\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-137","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":60,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1209,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/137\/revisions\/1209"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/60"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/137\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}