Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Hittite
Period: Neo-Hittite
Date: ca. 10th−9th century BCE
Medium: Basalt
Dimensions: 22 1/16 × 8 7/16 × 27 3/16 in., 434 lb. (56 × 21.5 × 69 cm)
Classification: Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed
Geography:      Syria Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1943
Accession year: 1943
Tags: Birds|Hunting|Horses|Chariots|Men|Lions