Khorsabad

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Assyrian city ancient city archaeological site

Khorsabad is an ancient Assyrian city, best known as the site of King Sargon II’s royal palace complex adorned with monumental reliefs and guardian sculptures.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
royal citadel of Dur-Sharrukin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedAfter death of Sargon II ⓘ
abandonedApprox circa 705 BCE ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dur-Sharrukin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin (Fortress of Sargon) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukīn NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancientName Dur-Sharrukin NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
artifactsDisplayedAt British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor Sargon II NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
civilization Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStarted reign of Sargon II ⓘ
constructionStartedApprox circa 717 BCE ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
excavatedBy Paul-Émile Botta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victor Place NERFINISHED ⓘ
features administrative buildings ⓘ
city gates ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
guardian sculptures ⓘ
lamassu ⓘ
monumental stone reliefs ⓘ
royal palace complex ⓘ
temples ⓘ
ziggurat ⓘ
foundedBy Sargon II NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageSignificance Neo-Assyrian urban planning NERFINISHED ⓘ
royal Assyrian art ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Mosul NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorExcavationsBegan 1840s ⓘ
partOf Assyrian heartland NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalPalaceOf Sargon II NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptOfInscriptions cuneiform ⓘ
servedAsCapitalDuring reign of Sargon II ⓘ
threatenedBy looting ⓘ
modern conflict ⓘ
timePeriod 8th century BCE ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeListStatus yes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Lamassu sculptures → notableSite → Khorsabad ⓘ
Šarru-kīn II → capitalFounded → Khorsabad ⓘ
Sarru-kinu → capitalFoundedModernName → Khorsabad ⓘ
royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin → locatedIn → Khorsabad ⓘ
royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin → partOf → Khorsabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: royal citadel of Dur-Sharrukin
Assyrian inscriptions → foundIn → Khorsabad ⓘ