A hero subdues a lion. Relief sculpture from Wall M of the entrance court of the palace of Sargon I
A hero subdues a lion. Relief sculpture from Wall M of the entrance court of the palace of Sargon II, King of Assyria (r. 722-705 BCE), at Dur-Sharrukin (=present-day Khorsabad, Iraq). Now in the Louvre. Photo credit: 0x010C/Wikimedia Commons. -- source link
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