#very sure that the 'now held in the louvre' is just wikipedia's nice way of saying 'stolen by the french'
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bedpolls · 10 months ago
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King Gilgamesh from the Epic of Gilgamesh (the first story in recorded history)
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Possible representation of Gilgamesh as Master of Animals, in an Assyrian palace relief (713–706 BCE), from Dur-Sharrukin, now held in the Louvre.
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