Qalʿat Sherqat

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World Heritage Site ancient city site archaeological site

Qalʿat Sherqat is the modern archaeological site in northern Iraq that preserves the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Ashur, a former capital and major religious center of the Assyrian Empire.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Qal'at Sherqat 1
Qal'at Sherqat, northern Iraq 1
Qalʿat Sherqat canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Ashur (god) ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire
contains city walls ⓘ
palatial structures ⓘ
temples of the god Ashur ⓘ
ziggurat remains ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
governedBy Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Assur archaeological site ⓘ
Qalʿat Sherqat ⓘ
surface form: Qal’at Sherqat

Qalʿat Sherqat ⓘ
surface form: Qal’at ash-Shirqat
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy German archaeological missions ⓘ
Iraqi archaeologists ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind architectural remains ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
inscribed stelae ⓘ
stone reliefs ⓘ
hasOriginalName Ashur ⓘ
hasRole former capital of the Assyrian Empire ⓘ
major religious center of the Assyrian Empire ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage in Danger
locatedIn Iraq ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Salah ad Din Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear modern town of Sharqat ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
partOf Assyria ⓘ
surface form: ancient Assyria

cultural heritage of Iraq ⓘ
partOfSerialProperty ancient city of Hatra ⓘ
surface form: Hatra and Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) in Iraq
periodOfFlourishing 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
preservesRuinsOf Ashur ⓘ
recognizedFor outstanding universal value ⓘ
significantFor Assyrian archaeology ⓘ
Assyrian religion ⓘ
Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ
threatenedBy armed conflict ⓘ
environmental erosion ⓘ
illegal excavations ⓘ
looting ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInDangerSince 2014 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Ashur → modernName → Qalʿat Sherqat ⓘ
Qalʿat Sherqat → hasAlternativeName → Qalʿat Sherqat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qal’at Sherqat
Qalʿat Sherqat → hasAlternativeName → Qalʿat Sherqat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qal’at ash-Shirqat
Sharqat → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Qalʿat Sherqat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qal'at Sherqat
ziggurat of Ashur → approximateLocation → Qalʿat Sherqat ⓘ
subject surface form: Ziggurat of Ashur
this entity surface form: Qal'at Sherqat, northern Iraq