Alabaster bas-relief showing Ashurbanipal in his royal chariot hunting a lion. The lion has already hit by 2 arrows and he has leaped towards the rear part of the chariot. Two royal attendants, one holds a bow and the other one holds a spear, are trying to ward the lion of the king. The king holds a long spear with his 2 hands, thrusting forcefully upon the lion’s head; the lion tries to turn his head away. 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.