<p>This shows Imdugud, the lion-headed eagle, grasping two lions. Imdugud, the symbol of the god Ningirsu, can also be seen on the relief above the west doorway of this gallery. The largest of the three human figures is probably King Enannatum of Lagash.
</p><p><i>About 2400 BC (Early Dynastic III)</i>
</p><p><i>From Girsu</i>
</p><p>Museum Reference: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=368268&amp;partid=1&amp;IdNum=23287&amp;orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database%2fmuseum_number_search.aspx">ME 23287</a>
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<table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; background:#f0f0ff; border:1px solid #aaa;" lang="en"><tbody><tr valign="top"><th colspan="4" style="background-color:#e0e0ee; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #aaa;"><span class="fn" id="creator"><bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:British_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:en:British Museum"><span title="national museum in London, United Kingdom">British Museum</span></a>
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</tr><tr valign="top"><td rowspan="7" style="width:120px" id="fileinfotpl_creator_image"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_logo.svg" class="image"><img alt="British Museum" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/British_Museum_logo.svg/200px-British_Museum_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="66" class="photo" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/British_Museum_logo.svg/300px-British_Museum_logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/British_Museum_logo.svg/400px-British_Museum_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="165"></a></span></td>
</tr><tr valign="top"><td style="background-color:#e0e0ee; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #aaa;">Native name</td>
<td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border:1px solid #aaa;">British Museum</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="background-color:#e0e0ee; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #aaa;">Location</td>
<td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border:1px solid #aaa;"><div class="locality"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:London" class="extiw" title="w:en:London"><span title="capital and largest city of the United Kingdom">London</span></a></div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="background-color:#e0e0ee; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #aaa;">Coordinates</td>
<td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border:1px solid #aaa;">51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W <span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff"><a href="//www.openstreetmap.org/?way=40405915" title="Link to OpenStreetMap" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Link to OpenStreetMap" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Openstreetmap_logo.svg/20px-Openstreetmap_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Openstreetmap_logo.svg/30px-Openstreetmap_logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Openstreetmap_logo.svg/40px-Openstreetmap_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256"></a></span> <span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff"><a href="//maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;q=51.519444444444,-0.12694444444444&amp;tab=wl" title="Link to Google Maps" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Link to Google Maps" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Google_Maps_icon_%282020%29.svg/20px-Google_Maps_icon_%282020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="29" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Google_Maps_icon_%282020%29.svg/30px-Google_Maps_icon_%282020%29.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Google_Maps_icon_%282020%29.svg/40px-Google_Maps_icon_%282020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="734"></a></span> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373#P625" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="background-color:#e0e0ee; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #aaa;">Established</td>
<td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border:1px solid #aaa;">1753</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="background-color:#e0e0ee; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #aaa;">Website</td>
<td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border:1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/">www.britishmuseum.org</a></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td style="background-color:#e0e0ee; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #aaa;">Authority file</td>
<td colspan="2" style="word-break:break-word;border:1px solid #aaa;"><div class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373" title="wikidata:Q6373"><img alt="wikidata:Q6373" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/20px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/30px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590"></a>: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373" class="extiw" title="d:Q6373">Q6373</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Virtual_International_Authority_File" class="extiw" title="w:en:Virtual International Authority File">VIAF</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/134857252/">134857252</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:International_Standard_Name_Identifier" class="extiw" title="w:en:International Standard Name Identifier">ISNI</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.oclc.org/xslt/DB=1.2/CMD?ACT=SRCH&amp;IKT=8006&amp;TRM=ISN%3A0000000123428817">0000 0001 2342 8817</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Union_List_of_Artist_Names" class="extiw" title="w:en:Union List of Artist Names">ULAN</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&amp;role=&amp;nation=&amp;subjectid=500125180">500125180</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:LCCN_(identifier)" class="extiw" title="w:en:LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79107735">n79107735</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:National_Library_of_Australia" class="extiw" title="w:en:National Library of Australia">NLA</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&amp;id=35022119">35022119</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79107735">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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