In this alabaster bas-relief, the Assyrian king ashurbanipal stands in his royal chariot while his men do the necessary preparations before the hunt starts. He holds a long spear. From Room C of the North Palace, Nineveh (modern-day Kouyunjik, Mosul Governorate), Mesopotamia, Iraq. Circa 645-535 BCE. The British Museum, London. Photo©Osama S.M. Amin.