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wall panel
;
relief
Object Type
wall panel
relief
Museum number
124867
Description
Gypsum wall panel relief: depicting lion hunt: king in chariot and high distinctive hat races round arena. Shoots arrows at succession of lions; one arrow in mid-air follows a wounded lion. Meanwhile, attendants with spears, in the king's chariot ward off another wounded lion, attacking from behind.
Authority
Ruler:
Ashurbanipal
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Production date
645BC-635BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Excavated by:
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Excavated by:
William Kennett Loftus
Excavated by:
John George Taylor
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
North Palace (Nineveh)
, Room C Panel 14
Materials
gypsum
Dimensions
Height:
162.56 centimetres
(approx)
Width:
114.30 centimetres
(approx)
Curator's comments
See also 1882,0909.15 (BM.124850) In set with BM.124858-124870 (all 1856,0909.16).
Bibliographic references
Barnett 1976 / Sculptures from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (668-627 B.C)
(p.37, pl.VIII)
Paterson 1901-11 / Assyrian Sculptures (12 parts)
(1907 vol., pl.XXXVI-VII)
Barnett & Foreman 1959 / Assyrian Palace Reliefs and their Influence on the Sculptures of Babylonia and Persia
(pls.62, 63 & 65)
Strommenger E & Hirmer M 1962a / Funf Jahrtausende Mesopotamien
(pls.248-249)
Reade 1995b / The Khorsabad glazed bricks and their symbolism
(fig. 9)
Location
On display
(G10a/sC)
Condition
Restoration to the lion's muzzle and claws, rim of wheel.
Subjects
mammal
king/queen
charioteer/chariot
attendant
hunting/shooting
arms/armour
Associated names
Representation of:
Ashurbanipal
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
124867
Registration number
1856,0909.16
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
50
(ex AS)