Ashurbanipal Lion Hunt Chariot Framed Print, Canvas, Poster Babylon Sumerian

  

In ancient Assyria, Lion Hunting was a royal sport, reserved for Kings as a symbolic display of their power and duty to protect their people. The sculpted reliefs, crafted around 645-635 BC, are considered supreme masterpieces of Assyrian art and adorned Ashurbanipal's palace in Nineveh (modern-day Northern Iraq). Lions, potentially raised in captivity, were released from cages in arenas for sport, emphasizing the spectacle. Ashurbanipal is renowned for his Royal Library's clay tablets, discovered in 1849, containing a wealth of knowledge on medicine, astronomy, literature, prayers, and hymns to gods. Notably, these tablets housed the original Enuma Elish creation story and the narrative of Enki creating the first human, Adamu/Adapa.

Framed, Canvas or Poster Print.