Southwest Palace

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The Southwest Palace is an ancient Assyrian royal residence at Nineveh, notable for its monumental architecture and reliefs that once showcased the power of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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Southwest Palace canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian palace ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs South-West Palace ⓘ
Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Assyrian architecture ⓘ
artifactsLocatedIn British Museum ⓘ
Iraq Museum ⓘ
other international museums ⓘ
builder Sennacherib ⓘ
builtFor Sennacherib ⓘ
constructionStart reign of Sennacherib ⓘ
culture Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
depicts hunting scenes ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ
royal campaigns ⓘ
tribute bearers ⓘ
destroyedIn fall of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Fall of Nineveh
discoveredBy Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
endTime 612 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
excavationStart 1840s ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
hasPart courtyards ⓘ
private apartments ⓘ
reception halls ⓘ
storerooms ⓘ
throne room ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) and related Assyrian capitals" ⓘ
locatedIn Nineveh ⓘ
locatedInCountry Iraq ⓘ
locatedInRegion Mosul Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Mosul Vilayet
locatedOn eastern bank of the Tigris River ⓘ
locatedOnMound Kuyunjik ⓘ
materialUsed alabaster relief slabs ⓘ
mudbrick ⓘ
stone orthostats ⓘ
notableFor inscriptions ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
stone wall reliefs ⓘ
partOf ancient city of Nineveh ⓘ
royal quarter of Nineveh ⓘ
period Iron Age ⓘ
politicalEntityAtTimeOfUse Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
significance important source for Assyrian history ⓘ
key source for Neo-Assyrian art ⓘ
symbol of Neo-Assyrian imperial power ⓘ
startTime late 8th century BCE ⓘ

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Kuyunjik → containsRuinsOf → Southwest Palace ⓘ