Ashurnasirpal II Lion Hunting

Server Costs Fundraiser 2023

Help our mission to provide free history education to the world! Please donate to our server cost fundraiser 2023, so that we can produce more history articles, videos and translations. With your support millions of people learn about history entirely for free, every month.
$10557 / $21000

Illustration

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
by
published on 01 September 2017
Ashurnasirpal II Lion Hunting Download Full Size Image

This gypsum wall relief depicts a classical Assyrian lion-hunting scene. The striking feature is that the king wears a diadem with a rosette on it, instead of the typical conical head-cap of the Assyrian kings. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th century BCE. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (Pergamon Museum, Germany)

Remove Ads

Advertisement

About the Author

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

Cite This Work

APA Style

Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 01). Ashurnasirpal II Lion Hunting. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7104/ashurnasirpal-ii-lion-hunting/

Chicago Style

Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Ashurnasirpal II Lion Hunting." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 01, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7104/ashurnasirpal-ii-lion-hunting/.

MLA Style

Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Ashurnasirpal II Lion Hunting." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 01 Sep 2017. Web. 30 Mar 2023.

Membership