Southwest Palace of Sennacherib

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Neo-Assyrian palace archaeological site royal palace

The Southwest Palace of Sennacherib is a grand Neo-Assyrian royal residence and administrative complex built by King Sennacherib in ancient Nineveh, renowned for its extensive reliefs and monumental architecture.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Palace of Sennacherib 1
Room XXXVI of the Southwest Palace at Nineveh 1
Southwest Palace at Nineveh 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Assyrian palace ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
royal palace ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
artifactsLocatedIn British Museum ⓘ
Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
surface form: Iraq Museum

various international museums ⓘ
associatedWith Sennacherib’s building program ⓘ
capital city of Nineveh ⓘ
builder Sennacherib ⓘ
completionDate early 7th century BCE ⓘ
condition ruined ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culturalPeriod Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Sennacherib ⓘ
depicts Assyrian military campaigns ⓘ
construction of canals and cities ⓘ
royal hunts ⓘ
tribute processions ⓘ
excavatedBy Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
excavationStart 1840s ⓘ
hasPart administrative suites ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
gateways ⓘ
reception halls ⓘ
storerooms ⓘ
throne room ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of the Ancient City of Nineveh ⓘ
inception c. 704 BCE ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Akkadian ⓘ
locatedIn Nineveh ⓘ
ancient Assyria ⓘ
modern-day Mosul area ⓘ
materialUsed mudbrick ⓘ
stone orthostats ⓘ
notableFor detailed battle scenes ⓘ
extensive stone reliefs ⓘ
lion-hunt reliefs ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
orthostat wall panels ⓘ
partOf royal quarter of Nineveh ⓘ
surface form: citadel of Nineveh

royal quarter of Nineveh ⓘ
startDate late 8th century BCE ⓘ
reign of Sennacherib ⓘ
threatenedBy looting ⓘ
modern conflict ⓘ
use administrative center ⓘ
ceremonial complex ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Nineveh → contains → Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ
Kuyunjik → containsRuinsOf → Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Sennacherib
Sargonid dynasty → architecturalProject → Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Palace at Nineveh
Lachish reliefs → originalLocation → Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh
Lachish reliefs → originalLocation → Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Room XXXVI of the Southwest Palace at Nineveh