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| Keywords: South Arabian - A Lion and a Leopard Attacking Animals - Walters 2171 - Detail A.jpg On the left side of this relief an Asiatic lion attacks a gazelle while a rabbit tries to jump away from the gazelle's forelegs On the right a leopard jumps down from rocks onto the back of an ibex; a small rodent flees the hoofs of the ibex Birds in the branches of acacia trees observe the two scenes The frieze was broken in two during the civil war in Yemen in 1962 and the longer right section was discolored by fire century 5 3 BC calcite-alabaster traces of paint cm 10 9 48 7 3 5 accession number 21 71 76505 Imam Ahmed King of Yemen Dr Giraud Foster Baltimore 1961 by gift The piece was housed in the palace of the Imam and was lost upon the Egyptian invasion of Yemen in September 1962 after the death of the Imam It appeared again in London where it was sold by Sotheby's Sotheby's London between 1963 and 1971 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore between 1963 and 1971 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2008 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum 5th-century BC works Art of Saudi Arabia Gazelles in art Hunting lions in art Lions with prey North Yemen Civil War Ahmad bin Yahya Hamidaddin | ||||
