Nimrud

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Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city in modern-day Iraq, renowned for its monumental palaces, reliefs, and sculptures that were central to the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Calah ⓘ
Kalah ⓘ
Kalhu ⓘ
Kalkhu ⓘ
artifactsHeldAt British Museum ⓘ
Iraq Museum ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
Sargon II ⓘ
Shalmaneser III ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
becameCapitalOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
capitalUnder Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
containsStructure Burnt Palace ⓘ
Central Palace ⓘ
Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
Temple of Ninurta ⓘ
ziggurat ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians
destroyedBy Assyrian conquest of 7th century BCE ⓘ
ISIS ⓘ
excavatedBy Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Hormuzd Rassam ⓘ
Max Mallowan ⓘ
excavationsBeganIn 1845 ⓘ
floruit 9th century BCE ⓘ
foundedBy Shalmaneser I ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century BCE ⓘ
hasTypeSiteFor Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs ⓘ
heritageStatus major Mesopotamian archaeological heritage site ⓘ
knownFor colossal sculptures ⓘ
cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
ivory carvings ⓘ
lamassu statues ⓘ
linked to: Lamassu sculptures

monumental palaces ⓘ
stone reliefs ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Akkadian ⓘ
locatedIn Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
locatedSoutheastOf Mosul ⓘ
partOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
period Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
sufferedDestructionIn 2015 ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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

Assyria → archaeologicalSite → Nimrud ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin → locatedNear → modern Khorsabad ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Kalhu → alsoKnownAs → Nimrud ⓘ
King of Assyria → hasCapital → Nimrud ⓘ
Assyrian period → hasCapital → Nimrud ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian royal administration → governedFrom → Kalhu (Nimrud) ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Fortress of Sargon → precededBy → Kalhu (Nimrud) as Assyrian capital ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Calah → alsoKnownAs → Nimrud ⓘ
Kalah → hasName → Nimrud ⓘ
Kalah → addedToUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Ancient City of Nimrud ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Kalkhu → alsoKnownAs → Nimrud ⓘ
Kalkhu → modernName → Nimrud ⓘ
Central Palace → locatedIn → Nimrud ⓘ
Central Palace → partOf → Nimrud palace complex ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Central Palace → partOf → citadel of Nimrud ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Burnt Palace → locatedIn → Nimrud ⓘ
Burnt Palace → partOf → Nimrud archaeological complex ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Temple of Ninurta → partOf → Nimrud archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III → originalLocation → Nimrud ⓘ
subject linked to: the Black Obelisk
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III → discoveredAt → Nimrud ⓘ
subject linked to: the Black Obelisk