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Person carrying an ibex and poppy flower-AO 19872

Person holding an ibex and a poppy flower. Low-relief from the m wall of king Sargon II's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713–716 BC. From Paul-Émile Botta's excavations in 1843–1844.

• Date800 a.C.
• Mediumstone
• Dimensions3.3 × 1.17 cm
• On display atLouvre Museum
  Paris, France

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