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Horsemen Hunting Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Quṣayr ʿAmra, Jordan, early 8th century AD.
Upper Part of West Wall of the Reception Room.

Horsemen Hunting Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Upper Part of West Wall of the Reception Room.

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Source: Daniel C. Waugh Archive, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT

A group of onagers [Asiatic wild ass, extinct] within a fenced area being driven by horsemen and dogs toward a net where they would be trapped. Alongside the fence are a number of puppet-like figures holding torches apparently to scare the animals into the trap.

Frescoes from Quṣayr ʿAmra, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, in situ, Jordan.

Referenced as Figure 122 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
122. Frescoes from Quṣayr ʿAmra, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, in situ, Jordan.

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Horsemen Hunting Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Quṣayr ʿAmra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Upper Part of West Wall of the Reception Room.

Horsemen Hunting Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Quṣayr ʿAmra, Jordan, early 8th century AD.
Upper Part of West Wall of the Reception Room.