Kalhu

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Assyrian city ancient city archaeological site former capital city

Kalhu, also known as Nimrud, was a prominent ancient Assyrian city that served as a royal capital and major administrative and cultural center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Kalhu canonical	13

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ former capital city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Calah ⓘ Nimrud ⓘ
artifactsHeldAt	British Museum ⓘ Iraqi National Museum ⓘ surface form: Iraq Museum Louvre Museum ⓘ
capitalOf	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
culture	Assyrians ⓘ surface form: Assyrian
dedicatedToDeity	Ninurta ⓘ
destroyedOrDamagedBy	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State group (ISIS)
excavatedBy	Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
excavatedIn	19th century ⓘ
flourishedDuring	9th century BCE ⓘ reign of Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Kalkhu ⓘ surface form: Kalakh Kalchu ⓘ
hasStructure	Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ Temple of Ninurta ⓘ surface form: temple of Ninurta ziggurat ⓘ
heritageStatus	important Near Eastern archaeological heritage site ⓘ
knownFor	fortifications ⓘ Lamassu sculptures ⓘ surface form: lamassu sculptures palaces ⓘ reliefs ⓘ temples ⓘ
languageUsed	Akkadian ⓘ
locatedIn	Assyria ⓘ Iraq ⓘ surface form: modern-day Iraq northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
partOf	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
rebuiltBy	Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
region	Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
religionPracticed	Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ cultural center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ royal capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
significance	key source for Neo-Assyrian art ⓘ key source for Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
writingSystemUsed	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyria → majorCity → Kalhu ⓘ

Tiglath-Pileser III → capital → Kalhu ⓘ

Tiglath-Pileser III → royalCity → Kalhu ⓘ

Neo-Assyrian → notableCorpusLocation → Kalhu ⓘ

Nimrud → alsoKnownAs → Kalhu ⓘ

Ninurta → majorCultCenter → Kalhu ⓘ

Ashurnasirpal II → capitalEstablishedAt → Kalhu ⓘ

Ashurnasirpal II → associatedWithSite → Kalhu ⓘ

Shalmaneser III → capital → Kalhu ⓘ

Assyrian religion → importantCultCenter → Kalhu ⓘ

Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III → capital → Kalhu ⓘ

Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III → residence → Kalhu ⓘ

Ululayu → capitalDuringReign → Kalhu ⓘ