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Assyrian Huntsmen with Hounds
In the Near East, dogs were often employed as guards and hunting companions.
Pictured: Gypsum wall panel relief depicting huntsmen with hounds under palm trees. Panel 13, Room E of the North Palace at Nineveh (Kouyunjik), Northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurbanipal II, 645-635 BCE.
The British Museum, London.
