Assur archaeological site

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ancient city archaeological site former capital city

Assur archaeological site is the ancient city and former capital of the Assyrian Empire, located on the Tigris River in present-day northern Iraq and renowned for its monumental temples, palaces, and archaeological remains.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) 1
Ashur temple complex 1
Assur archaeological site canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
capitalOf Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Assyrian Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culturalPeriod Akkadian ⓘ
Assyrian ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy German archaeological missions ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf burial areas ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
royal palaces ⓘ
temples of Ashur ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
World Heritage in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole political capital of early Assyrian state ⓘ
religious capital of Assyria ⓘ
knownFor Assyrian religious architecture ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
monumental temples ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
ziggurat remains ⓘ
locatedIn Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear modern town of Sharqat NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Tigris River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Ashur (Assyrian national god) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fertile Crescent NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
region Nineveh Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousFunction major cult center of the god Ashur ⓘ
significance key source for understanding Assyrian history ⓘ
outstanding example of early imperial urban planning ⓘ
threatenedBy armed conflict ⓘ
dam construction projects ⓘ
looting ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Qalʿat Sherqat → hasAlternativeName → Assur archaeological site ⓘ
ziggurat of Ashur → locatedInUNESCOSite → Assur archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Ziggurat of Ashur
this entity surface form: Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
ziggurat of Ashur → associatedWith → Assur archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Ziggurat of Ashur
this entity surface form: Ashur temple complex
worship of Ishtar → centeredOnTemple → Assur archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eštar temple in Assur
Ashur-nirari V → associatedWith → Assur archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assur temple administration