Image: Stele of lion hunt, from Uruk, Iraq, 3000-2900 BCE. Iraq Museum
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Description: This is the oldest narrative Mesopotamian sculpture (in relief) and the first documented evidence of lion-hunting in Mesopotamia. It depicts two men hunting lions using a spear and arrows. One man is smaller than the other indicating that he is located farther in the field. From Warka (ancient Uruk), Iraq. Jemdet Nasr period, 3000-2900 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Iraq.
Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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