Template:Did you know nominations/Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
: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) {{DYK conditions}} {{DYK nompage links|nompage=Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal|Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal}} {{main page image|image=Sculpted reliefs depicting Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian king, hunting lions, gypsum hall relief from the North Palace of Nineveh (Irak), c. 645-635 BC, British Museum (16722368932).jpg|caption=Ashurbanipal kills a lion|width=120x133}} :* Reviewed: Raphael Demos :* Comment: Plenty of pic options Created by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 03:54, 2 December 2016 (UTC). {{DYK checklist |newness = y |length = y |eligibilityother = |sourced = y |neutral = y |plagiarismfree = y |policyother = |hookcited = AGF |hookinterest = y |hookother = |picfree = y |picused = y |picclear = y |qpq = y |status = y |comments = I'd have made the hook shorter and punchier myself but that's not a showstopper issue. |sign = Andrew D. (talk) 00:56, 18 December 2016 (UTC) }} :*16px I agree with {{u|Andrew Davidson|Andrew D.}} {{ping|Johnbod}} what do you think about tightening the hook? :*ALT1: :::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. :*16px 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) {{-}}==Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal==
... 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) ... 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)
