File:A mušḫuššu, the sacred animal of the Mesopotamian god Marduk on the Ishtar Gate of Babylon reconstructed with original bricks at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin 575 BCE (32465090312).jpg

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A mythological hybrid, the mušḫuššu is a scaly dragon with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle, feline forelegs, a long neck and tail, a horned head, a snake-like tongue, and a crest.

Photographed at the <a href="http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/pergamonmuseum/home.html" rel="nofollow">Pergamon Museum</a> in Berlin, Germany.
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Author Mary Harrsch from Springfield, Oregon, USA

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by mharrsch at https://flickr.com/photos/44124324682@N01/32465090312. It was reviewed on 20 July 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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