Pets in the Ancient Mediterranean (Image Gallery) p. 2

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by Arienne King
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Assyrian Huntsmen with Hounds

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 23 August 2017

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In the Near East, dogs were often employed as guards and hunting companions.

Pictured: Gypsum wall panel relief depicting huntsmen with hounds under palm trees. Panel 13, Room E of the North Palace at Nineveh (Kouyunjik), Northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurbanipal II, 645-635 BCE.
The British Museum, London.

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