Khorsabad

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedAfter death of Sargon II ⓘ
abandonedApprox circa 705 BCE ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin (Fortress of Sargon) ⓘ
linked to: Dur-Sharrukin

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

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

Lamassu sculptures → notableSite → Khorsabad ⓘ
Šarru-kīn II → capitalFounded → Khorsabad ⓘ
royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin → partOf → royal citadel of Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
linked to: Khorsabad
Assyrian inscriptions → foundIn → Khorsabad ⓘ
Paul-Émile Botta → workedAt → Khorsabad ⓘ
fortifications of Dur-Sharrukin → presentLocation → Khorsabad archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Khorsabad