PhotographAA-0727

Assyrian and Arab workers at a lamassu gate, Khorsabad excavations

Place

Khorsabad

Date

1850s

Excavation workers and their foremen stand in a row between two winged human-headed bulls under the brick arch of Gate 3 at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad), cleared during Victor Place's French excavations; the account identifies the men in conical felt caps as Assyrians. Calotype by Gabriel Tranchand.