Kalkhu
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Kalkhu is the ancient Assyrian city better known today as Nimrud, a major archaeological site in northern Iraq that once served as a capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
All labels observed (2)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assyrian city
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Calah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalhu NERFINISHED ⓘ Nimrud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalTypeSiteFor | Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artifactsHeldAt |
British Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraq Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Ninurta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsArtifactType |
cuneiform inscriptions
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ivories ⓘ reliefs ⓘ |
| containsStructure |
Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ temples ⓘ ziggurat ⓘ |
| culture | Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Assyrian enemies in late 7th century BC ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Austen Henry Layard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hormuzd Rassam NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Mallowan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationContinuedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| excavationStartCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
8th century BC
ⓘ
9th century BC ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Shalmaneser I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 13th century BC ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mosul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tigris River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorDevelopmentPeriod | reign of Ashurnasirpal II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernName | Nimrud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rebuiltBy | Ashurnasirpal II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| sufferedDamageFrom | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sufferedDamageInYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| timeAsCapitalEnd | c. 706 BC ⓘ |
| timeAsCapitalStart | c. 879 BC ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | on Tentative List for World Heritage ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kalakh