Kuyunjik

E200485

archaeological site mound tell

Kuyunjik is the main archaeological mound of ancient Nineveh in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, containing the remains of Assyrian palaces, temples, and cuneiform archives.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kuyunjik canonical	2
Kuyunjik mound	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ mound ⓘ tell ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian
associatedWith	Ashurbanipal ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ Sennacherib ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ surface form: ancient city of Nineveh
containsRuinsOf	North Palace ⓘ North Palace of Ashurbanipal ⓘ surface form: Palace of Ashurbanipal Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ surface form: Palace of Sennacherib Southwest Palace ⓘ Temple of Ishtar of Nineveh ⓘ surface form: Temple of Ishtar Temple of Nabu ⓘ Temple of Nabu ⓘ surface form: Temple of Sin
country	Iraq ⓘ
excavatedBy	Austen Henry Layard ⓘ British Museum ⓘ surface form: British Museum expeditions George Smith ⓘ Hormuzd Rassam ⓘ
firstMajorExcavationsDate	1840s ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	7th century BCE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf	Nineveh ⓘ surface form: city walls of Nineveh cuneiform archives ⓘ gates of Nineveh ⓘ palaces ⓘ temples ⓘ
hasDiscovery	Library of Ashurbanipal ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)" and related Assyrian capitals ⓘ
knownFor	discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal ⓘ large cuneiform tablet archives ⓘ royal Assyrian reliefs ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Akkadian ⓘ Sumerian language ⓘ surface form: Sumerian
locatedIn	Iraq ⓘ Mosul ⓘ Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
locatedInTime	modern era ⓘ
locatedOn	east bank of the Tigris River ⓘ
materialFound	clay bullae ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ cylinder seals ⓘ ivories ⓘ stone reliefs ⓘ
nearbyCity	Mosul ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Mosul Dam Lake ⓘ
partOf	Nineveh ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ surface form: Nineveh archaeological complex
period	Assyrian period ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
region	northern Mesopotamia ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Nineveh → hasArchaeologicalSite → Kuyunjik ⓘ

Assyrian lion hunt reliefs → excavationSite → Kuyunjik ⓘ

North Palace of Ashurbanipal → excavationSite → Kuyunjik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuyunjik mound