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Ashurbanipal hunting lions and gazelle

Maker unknown

Gypsum palace relief from Nineveh showing Ashurbanipal's royal hunt imagery; North Palace relief.

Date
c. 645–635 BC
Collection
The British Museum
Reference
124874

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Record

Medium
gypsum
Origin
Iraq
Owner
The Trustees of the British Museum

In the Tapestry

Culture of origin
Neo-Assyrian EmpireAmedium confidence

Provenance and history

  1. c. 645–635 BC

    CreatedA

Sources

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    britishmuseum.org

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