wall panel; relief

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Object Type: wall panel; relief
Museum number: 124856
Description: Gypsum wall panel relief: lions are released from cages into the arena, one by one, and men on horses drive or lure them to the king's chariot. The king shoots them; death agonies are realistically shown. Some tails were originally carved too long and have been shortened.
Authority
Cultures/periods
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 26
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 160 centimetres; Width: 124 centimetres
Curator's comments: In set with BM.124904-124915 (all 1856,0909.14) In set with BM.124850-124857 (all 1856,0909.15); The cast is listed as available in the British Museum Facsimile Service 'Catalogue of Replicas from British Museum collections' (n.d.), in the series "Assyrian Bas-Reliefs".
Bibliographic references: Barnett 1976 / Sculptures from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (668-627 B.C) (p.38, pl.XIII); Frankfort H 1954a / The art and architecture of the Ancient Orient (pl.IIIa); Gadd 1936b / The Stones of Assyria: the surviving remains of Assyrian sculpture, their recovery, and their original positions (pp.181-182)
Location: On display (G10a/sC)
Subjects: mammal; king/queen; attendant; charioteer/chariot; arms/armour
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 124856
Registration number: 1856,0909.15
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 39 (ex AS)
Conservation: Treatment: 18 Nov 1994; Treatment: 17 Jun 2001

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