Black Obelisk of Shalmanese III, disc on the rive-ox head

European Museums, The British Museum

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Solar disc horn of a river-ox on the Black Obelisk of Shalmanese III

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

(858-824 B.C.)

Exotic animals from Musri: 'a river-ox (water buffalo), an (indian) rhinoceros, an antelope'. The sculptor had clearly never seen a rhinoceros.

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Solar disc horn of a river-ox on the Black Obelisk of Shalmanese III

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Source:  London, United Kingdom