Dying lioness from Nineveh
- Title:
- Dying lioness from Nineveh
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Mihaloew, Andreya
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
ca. 645-635 BCE
2014 (image)
- Site:
- Nineveh, Iraq (original)
- Location:
- White Hall (Room 303), Cornell University
Nineveh, Iraq (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0827
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 25
39 etched in top right corner
pw-looking insignia/monogram near etched number
764 - File Name:
- CCC_0827.tif
- Culture:
- Assyrian
- Style/Period:
- Neo-Assyrian
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
gypsum sculpture in relief (original) - Subject:
- Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C.
Lion hunting - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 69.5 x 85 x 4 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- This is a cast of a section of a relief wall panel from Ashurbanipal's palace at Nineveh showing a dying lioness. The lioness supports herself on her front legs, dragging her limp hindparts. She opens her mouth to gasp for air or let out a roar of agony. She has been hit by three arrows, all of which remain lodged in her body, and one of which has pierced through her belly from her back. Blood streams from the wounds. This figure is part of a larger series of wall panels depicting the king hunting lions for sport from his chariot with the aid of many attendants.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 124855 - Bibliography:
- Henri Frankfort, The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient, 5th ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996), 186-193, fig. 214
P.P. Caproni and brother, Catalogue of Plaster Reproductions from Antique, Medieval and Modern Sculpture (Boston, MA, 1911), 5 - Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.