North Palace, Room E Panels 7-8 Nineveh

Gypsum wall relief panel; carved; a lion and lioness relax peaceably in a garden, beside a tree, perhaps a cypress; the trunk of a palm-tree is visible too, and a vine with bunches of grapes is draped over both of them. There are flowers which may be lilies to left and right, and a plant with flowers like daisies grows behind the lioness; there is also a plant beside her tail. Height: 98 centimetres Width: 178 centimetres Thickness: 10 centimetres (extant) 26 Phone photographs, taken in the Ashurbanipal exhibition on the 15th November. Processed in Photoscan pro. Low res version for now.