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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mesopotamian; Assyrian, Period of Ashurbanipal (669-631)
Title:King engaged in a lion hunt
Date Made:ca. 645 BCE
Type:Cast
Materials:plaster
Place Made:Kuyunjik (Nineveh), Palace of Ashurbanipal
Measurements:overall: 24 x 60 x 3 in.; 60.96 x 152.4 x 7.62 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1904.9.A(a).OIV
Credit Line:Gift of the Mount Holyoke College Club of New York
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
From the Period of Assurbanipal, lion hunt with royal hunting party. Plaster cast after a gypsum original in the British Museum, London.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; reproductions

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