Lion Released from Cage
Assyrian · 668–631 BCE
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Ancient · № 001
Ashurnasirpal II on Lion Hunt
Assyrian · 883–859 BCE
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Ashurnasirpal II on Lion Hunt
The underlying original is in the British Museum and comes from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud.
- Maker
- Assyrian
- Date
- 883–859 BCE
- Place
- Ancient Near East
- Material
- Gypsum alabaster
- Dimensions
- H 90 cm × W 224 cm
- Current collection
- British Museum, London
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This gypsum-alabaster relief from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud represents a royal hunt in shallow carving. Low-angle light helps separate details such as reins, bowstrings, and manes.
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- Maker
- Assyrian
- Date
- 883–859 BCE
- Place
- Ancient Near East
- Material
- Gypsum alabaster
- Dimensions
- H 90 cm × W 224 cm
- Current collection
- British Museum, London
- Source
- SMK Open ↗
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
Related exhibitions
This work appears in
05The Work of the SurfaceView exhibition ↗Related works
