Kalah

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Kalah is the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, a major archaeological site in modern-day Iraq that served as a prominent capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kalah canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
addedToUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient City of Nimrud ⓘ
linked to: Nimrud
capitalOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians
dedicatedToDeity Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna

Ninurta ⓘ
excavatedBy Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Iraqi Department of Antiquities ⓘ
Max Mallowan ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod 8th century BCE ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ
foundedBy Shalmaneser I ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteType tell ⓘ
hasMaterialCulture colossal winged bulls ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
ivory carvings ⓘ
stone reliefs ⓘ
hasName Calah ⓘ
Kalhu ⓘ
Nimrud ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Fort Shalmaneser ⓘ
Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
Temple of Ninurta ⓘ
ziggurat ⓘ
knownFor fortifications ⓘ
lamassu sculptures ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
reliefs ⓘ
temples ⓘ
locatedInCountry Iraq ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear Mosul ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
madeCapitalBy Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
partOf Assyria ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
rebuiltBy Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
sufferedDestructionBy ISIL ⓘ
sufferedDestructionInYear 2015 ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site in Danger ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Nimrud → alsoKnownAs → Kalah ⓘ
Calah → alsoKnownAs → Kalah ⓘ