A NEO-ASSYRIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF PAZUZU
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
The demon with its mouth open revealing teeth, fangs and tongue, with thick double-outlined lips, a leonine whiskered snout and thick, striated beard and mustache, the small eyes with the pupils indicated, the brows ridged, with human ears and a bald pate, the tapering gazelle horns slung back over his forehead.