lionofchaeronea:

Assyrian relief sculpture from the North Palace at Nineveh, depicting King Ashurbanipal (r. 669-631 or 627 BCE) killing a lion.  Artist unknown; 645-635 BCE.  Now in the British Museum.  Photo credit: Aiwok/Wikimedia Commons.

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