Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 22
the cage are admirably portrayed in thesculptures. The king is seen hunting from his chariot, on horseback,and on foot. When in his chariot he is accompanied bythe charioteer and two armed warriors. In some bas-reliefshe is seen transfixing a lion with arrows, and dead anddying lions lie scattered… … Wounded Lioness. Sometimes the lion is represented as springing upon thechariot, when the king receives the animal upon his spear,
