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The king-lion killing his trusted courtier, the bull
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Description
Kalila and Dimna is a collection of fables translated from Sanskrit into Arabic featuring animals as protagonists. The episode illustrated here relates the story of the king-lion who killed the honest courtier-bull because of the false accusations of betrayal made by the jackal-vizier Dimna. The tale proclaims the importance of having trusted advisors.
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Details
- Series
- Kalila and Dimna
- Associated place
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The Greek World › Syria (possible place of creation)
- Date
- 1354 (AH 755)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- page 36.8 x 22.2 cm approx. (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI2067.2
Location
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- returned to owner
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