Syriac: ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km...

Lachish relief Sargon II (right), probably facing his heir Sennacherib, Khorsabad Eunuch attendants carry furniture and a bowl Lamassu were protective minor...

Assyrian master of ceremonies, part of a long tributary scene. Alabaster bas-relief. From Khorsabad, Iraq, c. 710 BCE. Iraq Museum....

Seascape from Khorsabad", Assur 3/3, 1983, p. 1-17. FONTAN E., "La Frise du Transport du Bois, Décor du Palais de Sargon II à Khorsabad", DOUMET-SERHAL...

bricks and pieces of alabaster. Then, in March 1843, an Arab described Khorsabad and numerous inscribed bricks to be found there. His workers soon turned...

Ashur and Nuzi, Iron Age palaces and temples at Assyrian (Kalhu/Nimrud, Khorsabad, Nineveh), Babylonian (Babylon), Urartian (Tushpa/Van, Kalesi, Cavustepe...

panelled in alabaster Assyrian palace reliefs from Nimrud, Nineveh and Khorsabad. The collections represent the civilisations of the ancient Near East...

A procession of high-ranking Assyrian officials followed by tribute bearers from Urartu. From Khorsabad, Iraq, c. 710 BCE. Iraq Museum...

the ruins of the Assyrian cities. The principal remains are those of Khorsabad, 16 km (10 mi) N.E. of Mosul; of Nimroud, supposed to be the ancient Calah;...

Malbran-Labat, F. 1995: "La stèle de Sargon II à Chypre", in A. Caubet (ed.), Khorsabad, le Palais de Sargon II, Roi d'Assyrie, Paris, 159–179. Radner, K. 2010:...

Calah is "the great city". The ruins of Kuyunjiq, Nimrud, Karamlesh and Khorsabad form the four corners of an irregular quadrilateral. The ruins of the...

full regnal year of their own or a combined reign of 14+15 years. The Khorsabad copy of the Assyrian King List designates Ashur-nirari II as the son of...

Assyrian lamassu gate guardian from Khorsabad, c. 800–721 BCE...

The Phoenician ship called hippos, from the Assyrian city of Khorsabad, 8th century BC...

Šarru-ukīn over Šarru-kēn(u) (based on a single spelling in -ke-e-nu found in Khorsabad). The name of the Old Assyrian king Sargon I is spelled as LUGAL-ke-en...

the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015. "Ancient site Khorsabad attacked by Islamic State: reports". Toronto Star. March 8, 2015. Archived...

Human-headed winged bulls from Sargon II's palace in Dur-Sharrukin, modern Khorsabad (Louvre)...

foremost," was the king of Assyria 1030–1019 BC, the 93rd to appear on the Khorsabad copy of the Assyrian Kinglist, although he has been apparently carelessly...

God Ea, a statue from Khorsabad, late 8th century BCE, Iraq, now in the Iraq Museum...

century BC, commissioned by Sargon II declares "the king built the wall of Khorsabad 16,283 cubits long to correspond with the numerical value of his name...

to archaeological work such as Paul-Émile Botta's 1843 expedition to Khorsabad and the discovery of Sargon II's palace.: 119  These finds formed the...

Enlil-nāṣir II, who had preceded him on the Assyrian throne. According to the Khorsabad Kinglist he reigned for seven years, the corresponding columns on the...

"Oannes" relief from Khorsabad...

Assyrian palaces of the Iron Age, especially at Kalhu/Nimrud, Dur Sharrukin/Khorsabad and Ninuwa/Nineveh, have become famous due to the Assyrian palace reliefs...

Human-headed winged bulls from Sargon II's palace in Dur-Sharrukin, modern Khorsabad (Louvre)...

BC—Sargon II starts to rule. He builds a new capital at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad). 720 BC—End of the Assyrian siege of Tyre. 720 BC—Orsippus of Megara...

cities such as Ashur, Arbela (modern Irbil), Guzana, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Imgur-Enlil, Nibarti-Ashur, Gasur, Kanesh, Kar Ashurnasipal and Tushhan...

Bas-relief from the king Sargon II's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713–716 BC. From Paul-Émile Botta's excavations in 1843–1844...

Central Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III at Nimrud, the Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, and the North Palace...

the 1877 translation of "Sargon's Great Inscription in the Palace of Khorsabad", http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Sargon.html Archived 2015-06-19 at the...