Assyrian winged lion

Albion1 · Post by **Albion1** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:59 pm

I have seen statuettes of these and thought one would make a good camp for my 15mm army'
Anyone know who makes such a thing?

expendablecinc · Post by **expendablecinc** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:02 pm

Albion1 wrote:I have seen statuettes of these and thought one would make a good camp for my 15mm army'
Anyone know who makes such a thing?

Assyrians?

Other than that I'd try a plastic farm/zoo animals set. Theres usually a goose in there you can ground and a decent lion with a but of flash cutting.

weavil · Post by **weavil** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:13 am

I know the winged lion is a icon of venice, they swiped the original if memory serves. There is a lot of tourist stuff with it on including figures. Not sure how easy it would be to get hold of with out going to Italy but perhaps an online toursit gift shop or ebay?

honvedseg · Post by **honvedseg** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:01 pm

The Assyrians used a winged bull with a bearded human head as a "door ward", not a lion.

I've seen a wide varity of "tourist trinkets" depicting Egyptian deities, but never a miniature figure of an Assyrian winged bull. Trying to make one in miniature would be a daunting task, especially getting all FIVE legs correct. The typical "wrap around" corner design depicts all four legs from either the front or from the side, resulting in the statue actually having an extra leg if you move your viewpoint and count them. Apparently, they were used in pairs, one placed on either side of a doorway, so you'd need to make a mirrored pair to be historically "correct".

ars_belli · Post by **ars_belli** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:38 pm

Some models of Assyrian lamassu entrance guardians:

http://www.ancientreplicas.com/winged-b ... rdian.html
http://www.ancientreplicas.com/winged-bull.html
http://www.ancientreplicas.com/winged-h ... -bull.html
http://ancienttreasures.com/lrgtext.php ... =M-9&CA=16
http://www.talariaenterprises.com/produ ... /3529.html

Salve,
Scott

tadamson · Post by **tadamson** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:05 am

honvedseg wrote:The Assyrians used a winged bull with a bearded human head as a "door ward", not a lion.

I've seen a wide varity of "tourist trinkets" depicting Egyptian deities, but never a miniature figure of an Assyrian winged bull. Trying to make one in miniature would be a daunting task, especially getting all FIVE legs correct. The typical "wrap around" corner design depicts all four legs from either the front or from the side, resulting in the statue actually having an extra leg if you move your viewpoint and count them. Apparently, they were used in pairs, one placed on either side of a doorway, so you'd need to make a mirrored pair to be historically "correct".

A lot of museaums have these sorts of figures, but they tend to be pricy.

A few years back there was a fad for Egyptian, Assyrian etc items in fish tanks. Some pet shops may still have them, and the odd one crops up in charity/thrift/junk shops.

stenic · Post by **stenic** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:51 am

I have two stands of bulls in my 15mm Assyrian HOTT army representing Gods, one with wings, one without.

The Bulls are from the Spanish wine Sangre de Torro that have the plastic figure attached to the neck of the bottle. A nice wine and a wargaming accessory all in one!!

The wings are off some eagle figure. The figures are 28mm so as to be larger than life.

Steve P

Albion1 · Post by **Albion1** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:15 pm

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Bulls indeed, but lions too (albeit human - headed ones).
See http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/04/wam/ho_32.143.2.htm

CLAVDIVS · Post by **CLAVDIVS** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:21 pm

Hi,
I got them round about 2 years ago off a trader in the UK at a show and I cannot remember which trader it was sorry

Albion1 · Post by **Albion1** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:16 am

Those seem to fit the bill perfectly, so now I know they are out there somewhere, thank you.
Now all that remains is to find that supplier

OldenTired · Post by **OldenTired** » Wed May 06, 2009 6:47 am

just noticed this guy.

might make a suitably scarey baggage.

http://www.mirliton.it/product_info.php?pName=manticore

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:58 am

ars_belli wrote:Some models of Assyrian lamassu entrance guardians:

http://www.ancientreplicas.com/winged-h ... -bull.html

I think I have a photo of my wife standing in front of the one in the lower picture. (In the Louvre).

will05 · Post by **will05** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:00 pm

just a thought, but have you tried the British Museum shop. May be a bit pricey though.

Albion1 · Post by **Albion1** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:44 pm

I have heard that a Yorkshire company, sometimes seen at shows makes them.
Haven't got a name though.

marioslaz · Post by **marioslaz** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:41 am

rbodleyscott wrote:I think I have a photo of my wife standing in front of the one in the lower picture. (In the Louvre).

Not so sure, because my only visit to Louvre has been over 10 years ago, but shouldn't be forbidden to take photo of monuments within the museum?

peteratjet · Post by **peteratjet** » Sun May 31, 2009 5:22 pm

Joins the chorus ... "I bought a couple of these" ..

The trader was at Partizan last weekend, but I too cannot remember the name. They had the winged bull statues in both 15mm and 25mm scale, as well as some vaguely Lovecraftian Elder God types.

None of the trader links on the Partizan site show anything like that, so the best I can suggest is Stronghold Miniatures, whose website is so epically disfunctional that it might just be hiding what you seek.

http://www.stronghold-miniatures.co.uk/ ... Index.html

Otherwise, maybe a query to the Newark Irregulars will jog somebody's memory.

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