Royal Lion Hunt (Nineveh)
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The royal lion hunt is the name given to three reliefs from the palace of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in Nineveh , Mesopotamia . They are now in the British Museum in London .
Small lion hunt
The little lion hunt is in 1.58 m high alabaster relief , consisting of two panels. These were found in room S of the palace, but probably originally came from an upper floor, so that they would have been found in a collapse position . The panels depict various scenes from a lion hunt, which in turn are explained by an inscription. Accordingly, the lion was first shot with an arrow and then killed by the king with a sword. In another scene, the king kills the lion with a club . The lowest frieze shows a scene of sacrifice that probably followed the hunt.
Lion hunt
The lion hunt is a 65 cm high alabaster relief depicting the ruler on horseback hunting. The ruler stabs an attacking cat with a lance.
Great lion hunt
The great lion hunt is a relief cycle made of alabaster, which adorned room C of the North Palace with a total height of 1.60 m. Assurbanipal is depicted on several panels in full use of the height in a chariot , while the lions are freely seated in the room.
literature
- Winfried Orthmann : Neo-Assyrian and late Babylonian flat art , in ders., Der alte Orient , Berlin 1985, pp. 324-325.
