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(Izdubah strangling a lion. From Khorsabad sculpture)

English: Hero mastering a lion. Relief from the façade of the throne room, Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad (Dur Sharrukin), 713–706 BCE.

Dimensions H. 5.52 m (18 ft. 1 ¼ in.), W. 2.18 m (7 ft. 1 ¾ in.), D. 63 cm (24 ¾ in.)

Current location Louvre Museum Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q19675 (Inventory) Department of Oriental Antiquities, Richelieu, ground floor, room 4 Accession number AO 19862

Credit line Excavations of Paul-Émile Botta, 1843–1844

Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006)

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