Lion hunt on horseback. Assyrian, 645-635 BC. King Ashurbanipal drives his spear into one lion's mouth, but another, which has been hit by arrows and left for dead, leaps up to maul the king's second horse. To the right, the king has killed both lions. Some attendants admire, others kneeling in disgrace, are probably the ones who had allowed their horses to lag too far behind the king.
Lion hunt on horseback. Assyrian, 645-635 BC. King Ashurbanipal drives his spear into one lion's mouth, but another, which has been hit by arrows and left for dead, leaps up to maul the king's second horse. To the right, the king has killed both lions. Some attendants admire, others kneeling in disgrace, are probably the ones who had allowed their horses to lag too far behind the king.
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Keywords: 645-635, archival, archive, ashurnasirpal, assyria, assyrian, bc, historical, history, horse, horseback, hunt, ii, iraq, lion, palace, relief
