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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

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Ashurbanipal kills a lion
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)

Created by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 03:54, 2 December 2016 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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)

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.
  • Yes, thank you, that works much better! Restoring tick per Andrew D.'s review. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 15:26, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
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