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Hunting Scene Detail of Alexander Sarcophagus at Istanbul showing Alexander and the Macedonians on horses hunting lions together with Abdalonymus and the Persians.

Alexander Sarcophagus, War Scene Detail: Detail of Alexander Sarcophagus at Istanbul Archaeology Museum: The carvings on one short end depicts a battle, perhaps the Battle of Gaza, in which case the pediment above that end would be showing the murder of Perdiccas. Color reconstruction of one of the short sides of the Sarcophagus: