Concrete blast wall section decorated with a mural of an Assyrian winged bull (Lamassu), Iraq, 2009

Digital photograph, Operation TELIC and Operation BROCKDALE, Iraq, 2009.

Mural showing the insignia of Multi-National Division (South-East), the British-controlled zone in the south-east of Iraq, established after the coalition invasion in 2003. The area of operations included Basra and Maysan. The Lamassu is a mythical beast taking the form of a winged bull or lion with a human head. It is associated with the Assyrian, Babylonian and Sumerian empires of ancient Mesopotamia. The Lamassu was used during World War Two as the emblem of the British 10th Army.

From a collection of digital photographs relating to 1 United Kingdom Logistic Battalion.