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Slaughtering Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Quṣayr ʿAmra, Jordan, early 8th century AD.
Audience Hall, East Bay, North Wall.
![Slaughtering Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Ceiling of the Central Vault of the Reception Room.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/media.archnet.org/system/media_contents/contents/126898/original/IAA138962.jpg?1501693323)
Audience hall, east bay, north wall: view of fresco depicting slaughter of game animals.
Source: Daniel C. Waugh Archive, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT
A group of onagers, trapped in a netted area, are slaughtered.
![Frescoes from Quṣayr ʿAmra, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, in situ, Jordan.](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51073246891_7f759cde6a_o.gif)
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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