Ashurnasirpal II on Lion Hunt
Assyrian · 883–859 BCE
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Ancient · № 002
Lion Released from Cage
Assyrian · 668–631 BCE
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Lion Released from Cage
The underlying original is in the British Museum and comes from Ashurbanipal's North Palace at Nineveh.
- Maker
- Assyrian
- Date
- 668–631 BCE
- Place
- Ancient Near East
- Material
- Gypsum alabaster
- Dimensions
- H 57.5 cm × W 114 cm
- Current collection
- British Museum, London
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This relief shows a keeper lifting a cage door as a lion runs out. It was made for Ashurbanipal’s palace at Nineveh, where royal hunting scenes represented the king’s control over dangerous animals.
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- Maker
- Assyrian
- Date
- 668–631 BCE
- Place
- Ancient Near East
- Material
- Gypsum alabaster
- Dimensions
- H 57.5 cm × W 114 cm
- Current collection
- British Museum, London
- Source
- SMK Open ↗
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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