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Relief of the Lion hunt of Ashurbanipal, British Museum Relief with Ashurbanipal killing a lion, c. 645–635 BC The king shoots arrows from his chariot, while huntsmen fend off a lion behind. 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 ...
A motif appearing in several of Ashurbanipal's art pieces, for instance the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, is the king killing lions, a propaganda image illustrating his glory and power, as well as his ability to safeguard the Assyrian people through slaying dangerous animals. [114] Various new elements can be seen in artwork produced under ...
The Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, a sequence of Assyrian palace reliefs from the North Palace at Nineveh dating from about 645 BC in the British Museum in London show King Ashurbanipal hunting lions. [3] In fact the "royal lion hunt", was the staged and ritualized killing by the king of lions already captured and released into an arena.
"Winged genie", Nimrud c. 870 BC, with inscription running across his midriff. Part of the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, c. 645–635 BC. Assyrian sculpture is the sculpture of the ancient Assyrian states, especially the Neo-Assyrian Empire of 911 to 612 BC, which was centered around the city of Assur in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) which at its height, ruled over all of Mesopotamia, the Levant ...
Several reliefs feature lions, including the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, a famous group of Assyrian palace reliefs with numerous small narrative scenes, now in the British Museum. A well-known detail of this group of reliefs is The Dying Lioness depicting a half-paralyzed lioness pierced with arrows.
English: Detail of an alabaster-bas-relief of Ashurbanipal's lion-hunt scene. 7th century BC. From the North Palace at Nineveh, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. From the North Palace at Nineveh, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq.
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File: Sculpted reliefs depicting Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian king, hunting lions, gypsum hall relief from the North Palace of Nineveh (Irak), c. 645-635 BC, British Museum (16722368932) (cropped).jpg