Nineveh Citadel and Palace, relief: Assurbanipal's Lion Hunt

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Title Nineveh Citadel and Palace, relief: Assurbanipal's Lion Hunt
Site Citadel and Palace
Location City/State Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
Location Country Iraq
Style Period Ancient Near East: Assyria
Patron King Assurnasirpal (Ashurnasirpal)
Subject AAT Assyrian Lion Hunt
Creation Date ca. 645 BCE
Form relief
Medium stone (alabaster)
Repository British Museum, London (England)
Classes ARTH 1010 Module 2 Ancient Near East and Mediterranean; Module 10 Review
Source Creative Commons License, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrian_king_Ashurbanipal_on_his_horse_thrusting_a_spear_onto_a_lion's_head._Alabaster_bas-relief_from_Nineveh,_dating_back_to_645-635_BCE_and_is_currently_housed_in_the_British_Museum,_London.jpg
Work ID 23679
Rights CC BY-NC-SA 2.0; Image Credit: Osama SM Amin FRCP(Glasg)
ARK ark:/87278/s6bc7spj
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 1273742
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc7spj
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