persian lamassu

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the gate of all nations at persepolis in iran, the british museum in london, the louvre in paris, the national museum of iraq in baghdad, the metropolitan museum of art in new york and the university of chicago oriental institute. several examples left in situ in northern iraq were destroyed in the 2010s by the islamic state of iraq and the levant when they occupied the area, as were those in the mosul museum