Assyrian lion hunt reliefs

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Assyrian palace reliefs Neo-Assyrian art ancient Near Eastern art stone reliefs

The Assyrian lion hunt reliefs are a series of finely carved Neo-Assyrian palace wall panels depicting royal lion hunts, celebrated as masterpieces of ancient Near Eastern art and a highlight of the British Museum’s collection.

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Label	Occurrences
Assyrian lion hunt reliefs canonical	1
Neo-Assyrian palace art	1
Palace reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian palace reliefs ⓘ Neo-Assyrian art ⓘ ancient Near Eastern art ⓘ stone reliefs ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	key works for study of Assyrian narrative art ⓘ masterpieces of ancient Near Eastern sculpture ⓘ
associatedWith	Ashurbanipal ⓘ
collectionHighlightOf	British Museum ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
culture	Neo-Assyrian ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire
currentCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
currentLocation	British Museum ⓘ
dateOfCreation	c. 645–635 BCE ⓘ
depicts	Assyrian king hunting lions ⓘ archers ⓘ chariots ⓘ lion cages ⓘ lions in motion ⓘ ritual lion release ⓘ royal attendants ⓘ royal lion hunts ⓘ spearmen ⓘ
excavatedBy	Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
excavationSite	Kuyunjik ⓘ
function	decoration of palace walls ⓘ royal propaganda ⓘ
genre	royal hunt scenes ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Akkadian ⓘ
material	carved stone ⓘ gypsum alabaster ⓘ
museumDepartment	Department of the Middle East of the British Museum ⓘ
notableFor	complex narrative sequences ⓘ detailed anatomical rendering of lions ⓘ dynamic depiction of animals ⓘ emotional expression of wounded animals ⓘ
originalLocation	Assyria ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ North Palace of Ashurbanipal ⓘ surface form: North Palace of Nineveh
patron	Ashurbanipal ⓘ surface form: King Ashurbanipal
period	7th century BCE ⓘ
scriptOfInscriptions	cuneiform ⓘ
style	Assyrian lion hunt reliefs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian palace art
subjectMatter	courtly ritual ⓘ military prowess of the king ⓘ
symbolizes	divinely sanctioned kingship ⓘ king’s dominance over nature ⓘ royal power ⓘ
technique	low relief carving ⓘ

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British Museum → notableWork → Assyrian lion hunt reliefs ⓘ

Assyrian lion hunt reliefs → style → Assyrian lion hunt reliefs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian palace art

Near Eastern art → hasNotableWork → Assyrian lion hunt reliefs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palace reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud