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Fatimid wooden plank with carved lion hunt, 11th century
![Fatimid wooden plank with carved lion hunt, 11th century, Islamic Museum, Cairo.](http://warfare.6te.net/11/Fatimid_plank_Lion_hunt.jpg)
Wood plank with daily life scenes in the Fatimid court.
Detail showing lion hunting.
Originally used as decoration on the walls of the Western Fatimid palace such planks were re-used in the Mamluk period to cover the walls of the Mausoleum of Sultan Qalawin but installed reversed as fitting for a religious building.
Country of Origin: Egypt
Culture: Islamic.
Date/Period: Fatimid, 11th C AD.
Place of Origin: Cairo.
Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Islamic Museum, Cairo.
Used as a source by Phil Barker & Richard Bodely Scott, for Saririya pikemen.
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