Dūr-Šarrukīn

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Dūr-Šarrukīn was the Assyrian capital city founded by King Sargon II in the late 8th century BCE, renowned for its monumental palaces and reliefs.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dur-Sharrukīn 1
Dūr-Šarrukīn canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian capital ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedAfter death of Sargon II ⓘ
alternateName Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Fort Sharrukin ⓘ
Fortress of Sargon ⓘ
approximateCompletion c. 706 BCE ⓘ
approximateConstructionStart c. 717 BCE ⓘ
artifactsInCollectionOf British Museum ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
artStyle Neo-Assyrian relief sculpture ⓘ
builder Sargon II ⓘ
capitalDuringReignOf Sargon II ⓘ
capitalOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
constructionStartDate late 8th century BCE ⓘ
country Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity Assyrian national gods ⓘ
excavatedBy Paul-Émile Botta ⓘ
foundedBy Sargon II ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
hasCityWallGates multiple monumental gates ⓘ
hasFeature city walls ⓘ
orthogonal street plan ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ
temple complexes ⓘ
ziggurat ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Akkadian ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear Nineveh ⓘ
modern Khorsabad ⓘ
majorExcavationsStart 1840s ⓘ
nameMeaning Fortress of Sargon ⓘ
notableFor lamassu sculptures ⓘ
monumental palaces ⓘ
stone reliefs ⓘ
partOf Assyrian heartland ⓘ
linked to: central Mesopotamia
period Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
scriptOfInscriptions cuneiform ⓘ
supersededBy Nineveh ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeListStatus part of potential Assyrian capitals ensemble (contextual) ⓘ
urbanType planned city ⓘ

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

Dur-Sharrukin → alternateName → Dūr-Šarrukīn ⓘ
Khorsabad → alsoKnownAs → Dur-Sharrukīn ⓘ
linked to: Dūr-Šarrukīn