Babylonian Cyrus great four-winged genius Mesopotamia Pasargadae Sculptural relief carving www.Neo-Mfg.com Museum Reproduction 14"

Babylonian Cyrus great four-winged genius Mesopotamia Pasargadae Sculptural relief carving www.Neo-Mfg.com Museum Reproduction 14" SIZE: 14" tall x 6.5" wide THIS IS PAINSTAKING REPRODUCTION BASED OF THE ORIGINAL IMAGES OF THE MONUMENT BEFORE IT WAS DAMAGED. The most distinctive feature of the Gate palace is a carved, winged magical guardian figure that miraculously survived on one pier of the small northern doorway. The 3 m high carving shows a four-winged bearded man wearing a crown which is actually an Egyptian Hemhem crown, and a full-length Elamite robe that passes over his right arm. The right hand is raised in front of the chest with the fingers fully extended. The left hand is less preserved. The finely modeled feet are bare. Ghirshman writes that this represents a four-winged genius, "dressed in the Elamite manner and wearing an elaborate crown recalling the tiaras of Egyptian Horuses. According to some 19th century travelers’ paintings, a tri-lingual inscription existed ab