royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin

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Neo-Assyrian palace royal palace

The royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin was the grand Neo-Assyrian residence and administrative center built by King Sargon II in his short-lived capital city in the late 8th century BCE.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dur-Sharrukin palace complex 1
Palace of Sargon II 1
Palace reliefs of Sargon II at Khorsabad 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Assyrian palace ⓘ
royal palace ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian
builder Sargon II ⓘ
capitalOf Sargon II ⓘ
constructionPeriod reign of Sargon II ⓘ
country Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
decoratedWith inscription panels ⓘ
lamassu sculptures ⓘ
stone wall reliefs ⓘ
excavatedBy 19th-century archaeologists ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
hasPart administrative suites ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
gateways ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
storerooms ⓘ
temple areas ⓘ
throne room ⓘ
locatedIn Assyria ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Khorsabad ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: northern Mesopotamia
materialUsed alabaster reliefs ⓘ
mudbrick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Sargon II ⓘ
notableFor extensive sculptured reliefs ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
planned royal city layout ⓘ
partOf capital city of Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Khorsabad ⓘ
surface form: royal citadel of Dur-Sharrukin
patron Sargon II ⓘ
shortDescription grand Neo-Assyrian residence and administrative center built by Sargon II in his capital Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
startDate late 8th century BCE ⓘ
status ruin ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
usedBy Neo-Assyrian royal administration ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian royal court

Sargon II ⓘ
usedFor imperial administration ⓘ
royal audiences ⓘ
state ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Sargon II → hasPart → royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Near Eastern art → hasNotableWork → royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace reliefs of Sargon II at Khorsabad
Dur-Sharrukin → hasPalace → royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Sargon II
Sargonid dynasty → architecturalProject → royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dur-Sharrukin palace complex