The Fourth Plinth
The sculpture on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square by Michael Rakovitz represents Lamassu, the deity that guarded the Nergal Gate of Nineveh, near the modern city of Mosul in Iraq, from 700BC until it was destroyed by Daesh/ISIS in 2015.
It is made from 10,500 empty date syrup tins from Iraq and will on the plinth until March 2020.
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The Fourth Plinth
The sculpture on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square by Michael Rakovitz represents Lamassu, the deity that guarded the Nergal Gate of Nineveh, near the modern city of Mosul in Iraq, from 700BC until it was destroyed by Daesh/ISIS in 2015.
It is made from 10,500 empty date syrup tins from Iraq and will on the plinth until March 2020.
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Uploaded on March 29, 2019
Taken on March 29, 2019