Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
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title:
Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
text:
The royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal is shown on a famous group of Assyrian palace reliefs from the North Palace of Nineveh that are now displayed in room 10a of the British Museum. They are widely regarded as "the supreme masterpieces of Assyrian art". They show a formalized ritual "hunt" by King Ashurbanipal in an arena, where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to slaughter with arrows, spears, or his sword. They were made about 645–635 BC, and originally formed differen
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Assyrian palace relief
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Hunt_of_Ashurbanipal
date created:
2016-11-25T19:02:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T23:50:00Z
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