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This gypsum wall relief depicts a typical Assyrian lion-hunting scene. King Ashurnasirpal II stands in his royal chariot and shoots at a leaping wounded lion. Two royal attendants, behind the wounded lion, holding their shields and daggers, are ready to intervene at any moment. A dead or dying lion appears beneath the chariot's horses. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 865-860 BCE. Panel 19 of Room B (Throne Room) at the North-West Palace, Nimrud (Kalhu), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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