This large relief depicts a standing, human-headed male figure with wings. He wears a kilt beneath a fringed robe, a helmet, sandals, and an assortment of jewelry, body ornaments, and small weapons. Holding a pail in his left hand, he reaches with his right to pick the uppermost cone from a sacred tree. Although frequently referred to as a "genie," the Assyrian word apkallu, meaning "sage," may be a more appropriate term for the protective spirit embodied by such a figure. This relief, along with many others showing human- (1854.4–.5) and bird-headed apkallu (1854.3), as well as eunuchs (1854.2.1) and other attendants, once lined the walls of the palace built by the Assyrian king Assurnasirpal II at ancient Kalhu (present-day Nimrud, Iraq). Although only traces of pigment survive on most of these reliefs, originally they would have been brightly painted. The cuneiform inscription running horizontally across the middle of the relief recounts the military, administrative, and religious achievements of the king.