Relief showing Gilgamesh suffocating the lion from Palace of Khorsabad, period of Sargon II (722-795 B.C.)
Photograph
ca. 1880s (photographed)
ca. 1880s (photographed)
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A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a relief of a man holding a lion.
Object details
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| Title | Relief showing Gilgamesh suffocating the lion from Palace of Khorsabad, period of Sargon II (722-795 B.C.) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph of relief showing Gilgamesh suffocating the lion from Palace of Khorsabad, period of Sargon II (722-795 B.C.). Paris: Louvre, albumen print, ca. 1880s |
| Physical description | A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a relief of a man holding a lion. |
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| Accession number | 1275-1929 |
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| Record created | April 10, 2014 |
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