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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:02, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
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Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
![Ashurbanipal kills a lion](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Sculpted_reliefs_depicting_Ashurbanipal%2C_the_last_great_Assyrian_king%2C_hunting_lions%2C_gypsum_hall_relief_from_the_North_Palace_of_Nineveh_%28Irak%29%2C_c._645-635_BC%2C_British_Museum_%2816722368932%29.jpg/120px-thumbnail.jpg)
Ashurbanipal kills a lion
... that the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal palace reliefs from c. 640 BC show the Assyrian king killing numerous lions with swords, spears, and arrows?Source:Reade, Julian, Assyrian Sculpture, 1998 (2nd edn.), pp. 72-79, The British Museum Press, ISBN 9780714121413 (or see the pics in the article)
- Reviewed: Raphael Demos
- Comment: Plenty of pic options
Created by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 03:54, 2 December 2016 (UTC).
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: I'd have made the hook shorter and punchier myself but that's not a showstopper issue. Andrew D. (talk) 00:56, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
I agree with Andrew D. @Johnbod: what do you think about tightening the hook?
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... that Assyrian palace reliefs from c. 640 BC show King Ashurbanipal killing lions (pictured) with swords, spears, and arrows?Yoninah (talk) 21:34, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
- The reliefs are rather well-known under that name - the article has been picking up over 40 hits a day - & I'd rather not Easter Egg it.
- ALT2: ... that the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal reliefs (pictured) from c. 640 BC show the king killing lions with swords, spears, and arrows? - seems snappy enough to me. Johnbod (talk) 04:08, 28 December 2016 (UTC)