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| The '''] Mastiff''',<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last1=Wynn |first1=M.B. |title=History of The Mastiff – Gathered From Sculpture, Pottery, Carvings, Paintings and Engravings; Also From Various Authors, With Remarks On Same (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic). |date=1886 |publisher=Read Books |isbn=9781446548929 |location=Alcester |page=24}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Darwin |first1=Charles |title=The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication |date=1998 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore, Md. |isbn=9780801858666 |page=17 |edition=Johns Hopkins paperbacks}}</ref> was a ] in Assyria. This dog was often used as a ] against predators and they were bred by the ] and ] for lion and wild horse-hunting. The modern ] (more recently also known as the ]) may be a descendant of the Assyrian mastiff.<ref name=":3">{{cite journal |last1=Gwatkin |first1=R. D. S. |date=1 March 1933 |title=Dogs and human migrations |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00382809_3273 |journal=Journal of the South African Veterinary Association |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=160 |hdl=10520/AJA00382809_3273 }}</ref> | The '''] Mastiff''',<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last1=Wynn |first1=M.B. |title=History of The Mastiff – Gathered From Sculpture, Pottery, Carvings, Paintings and Engravings; Also From Various Authors, With Remarks On Same (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic). |date=1886 |publisher=Read Books |isbn=9781446548929 |location=Alcester |page=24}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Darwin |first1=Charles |title=The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication |date=1998 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore, Md. |isbn=9780801858666 |page=17 |edition=Johns Hopkins paperbacks}}</ref> was a ] in Assyria. This dog was often used as a ] against predators and they were bred by the ] and ] for lion and wild horse-hunting. The modern ] (more recently also known as the ]) may be a descendant of the Assyrian mastiff.<ref name=":3">{{cite journal |last1=Gwatkin |first1=R. D. S. |date=1 March 1933 |title=Dogs and human migrations |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00382809_3273 |journal=Journal of the South African Veterinary Association |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=160 |hdl=10520/AJA00382809_3273 }}</ref> | ||
| The name is most likely derived from the images of this type of dog that appear in ] and other ] reliefs dating from the 10th to 6th century BCE ].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Mark |first1=Joshua |title=Dogs & Their Collars in Ancient Mesopotamia |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1175/dogs--their-collars-in-ancient-mesopotamia/ |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref><ref = ":5">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.amamolossers.com/history.html |website=American Molosser Association |language=en}}</ref><ref =":5">{{cite book |last1=Leighton |first1=Robert |title=Dogs and All about Them |date=1910 |location=London |publisher=Cassell and Company |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jUBIAAAAIAAJ|page=2|isbn=9781414291680 }}</ref> | The name is most likely derived from the images of this type of dog that appear in ] and other ] reliefs dating from the 10th to 6th century BCE ].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Mark |first1=Joshua |title=Dogs & Their Collars in Ancient Mesopotamia |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1175/dogs--their-collars-in-ancient-mesopotamia/ |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref><ref = ":5">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.amamolossers.com/history.html |website=American Molosser Association |language=en}}</ref><ref =":5">{{cite book |last1=Leighton |first1=Robert |title=Dogs and All about Them |date=1910 |location=London |publisher=Cassell and Company |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jUBIAAAAIAAJ|page=2|isbn=9781414291680 }}</ref> | ||
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Dog breed| Assyrian Mastiff | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Assyria |
| Dog (domestic dog) | |
The Assyrian Mastiff, was a landrace in Assyria. This dog was often used as a livestock guardian against predators and they were bred by the Assyrians and Babylonians for lion and wild horse-hunting. The modern Assyrian Shepherd (more recently also known as the Kurdish Mastiff) may be a descendant of the Assyrian mastiff.
The name is most likely derived from the images of this type of dog that appear in Assyrian and other Mesopotamian reliefs dating from the 10th to 6th century BCE Neo-Assyrian Empire.
History
It is assumed the Assyrian mastiff had their ancestors in the region between India and Persia where they were domesticated and used as hunting dogs. Several mastiff type figures were discovered with carved-in names such as 'Consume his life', 'Don't stop to think, bite', 'or 'Catcher of the hostile one' were discovered of the Assyrian era around 2000 BC. More Assyrian relics depicting dogs can be found from between 1000 and 650 BC.
Description
In 1886, M.B. Wynn described the ancient Assyrian's clay tablet's depictions of the Assyrian Mastiff:
It is also worthy of remark that the Assyrians were always careful to define long hair when it existed, but in this specimen the stern appears free from any roughness, although so minute are the details that the very fraying at the end of the rope is depicted, the loose skin hangs down the face in enormous wrinkles or folds, and the lips were extremely pendulous evidently, although the mouth is marked by a slit or line in the usual conventional form of Assyrian sculpture. The ears are of medium size, chest very deep, and limbs massive, the head short and of great volumn, and muzzle short and truncated. There is a great similarity between this dog and some of our noted English specimens.
See also
References
- ^ Wynn, M.B. (1886). History of The Mastiff – Gathered From Sculpture, Pottery, Carvings, Paintings and Engravings; Also From Various Authors, With Remarks On Same (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic). Alcester: Read Books. p. 24. ISBN 9781446548929.
- ^ Darwin, Charles (1998). The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.). Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780801858666.
- Gwatkin, R. D. S. (1 March 1933). "Dogs and human migrations". Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 4 (3): 160. hdl:10520/AJA00382809_3273.
- Mark, Joshua. "Dogs & Their Collars in Ancient Mesopotamia". World History Encyclopedia.
- "History". American Molosser Association.
- Leighton, Robert (1910). Dogs and All about Them. London: Cassell and Company. p. 2. ISBN 9781414291680.
- ^ "Mastiff Types". Canine Heritage. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
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