North Palace

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North Palace is an ancient Assyrian royal residence at Nineveh, renowned as one of the principal palaces of King Sennacherib.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian royal palace
archaeological site
architecturalStyle Assyrian palace architecture
artifactsFromSiteHeldAt British Museum NERFINISHED
Iraq Museum NERFINISHED
Louvre Museum NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Ashurbanipal NERFINISHED
Sennacherib NERFINISHED
builtFor Sennacherib NERFINISHED
capitalOfEmpireContext Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
civilization Assyrian NERFINISHED
comparedWith Southwest Palace of Sennacherib NERFINISHED
constructionPeriod reign of Sennacherib
culture Neo-Assyrian NERFINISHED
decorativeTechnique bas-relief carving
decorativeTheme hunting scenes
religious processions
royal campaigns
era Iron Age
excavatedBy 19th-century archaeologists
function administrative center
royal residence
hasFeature courtyards
reception halls
relief-decorated rooms
residential suites
stone wall reliefs
storerooms
throne room
heritageDesignationContext part of the archaeological site of Nineveh
locatedIn Nineveh NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Iraq NERFINISHED
locatedNear Mosul NERFINISHED
materialUsed baked brick
mudbrick
stone
partOf ancient city of Nineveh NERFINISHED
partOfComplex palatial quarter of Nineveh
region Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
riverProximity Tigris River NERFINISHED
significance important evidence for Assyrian royal ideology
key source for Neo-Assyrian art
threatenedBy conflict-related damage
looting
modern urban expansion around Mosul
timePeriod late 8th century BC to 7th century BC
usedBy Assyrian kings
King Sennacherib NERFINISHED

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Kuyunjik containsRuinsOf North Palace