Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Relief b, section 1 of 3 palace of sargon ii, khorsabad oriental institute museum, university of chicago dsc07539. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. No trace of earlier occupation has been found on the site and there was, at most, a village there. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Dursharrukin fortress of sargon, present day khorsabad, was the assyrian capital in the time of sargon ii of assyria. Mcleod 340 khorsabad palace courtyard reconstruction. Sargons fortressmodern khorsabad, ancient assyrian city located northeast of nineveh, in iraq. Actes du colloque organise au musee du louvre par le services culturel les 21 et 22 janvier 1994 caubet a on. Localita delliraq, 16 km a n di mossul, corrispondente allantica dur sharrukin che fu per breve tempo capitale dellimpero assiro. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4.
After the unexpected death of sargon in battle, the capital was shifted 20 km south to nineveh. Sargon ii ou sharroukin ou sargon ou sarrukin ou sharruken, en syriaque. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 bce. The palace of khorsabad in assyria, as it may have appeared in the time of sargon ii 722705 bc, is illustrated in a reconstruction drawing. Sistemas compositivos y principios arquitectonicos. Two of these fragments show parts of falling warriors from battle scenes. This page was last edited on 22 november 2016, at 02. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 bc. Alix 25 fue en khorsabad martin esp by mario cabeza issuu. Sargons palace dur sharrukin is an immediate predecessor of sennasheribs palace, with its hanging gardens, at nineveh, to the south west of khorsabad.
It is famous in particular for the palace of king sargon ii, who was also the founder of the city. Assyrian temple in khorsabad old book illustrations. Jpg from wikimedia commons, the free media repository jump to navigation jump to search. Palace of sargon ii at khorsabad dursharrukin view description. Khorsabad or dar sharrukin is the 4th capital of the kingdom of assyria, located 15 km to the north east of mosul, and built by king sargon ii 722705 bc as a center of his reign it was constructed with a square form surrounded. Khorsabad, ancient city of dur sharrukin, assyria iraq, n. Built between 717 and 707 bce by the assyrian king sargon ii reigned 721705, dur sharrukin exhibits careful town planning. Drawings of the city of khorsabad dursharrukin in time of sargon ii, and of his palace. Khorsabad ancient dur sharrukin, 12 miles 20km north east of mosul in northern iraq, was founded by sargon ii, king of assyria 721 705 bc, as a new capital to replace nimrud kalhu where his predecessors had resided since the early 9th century. Department of near eastern antiquities musee du louvre on entering cour khorsabad ancient dursharrukin, the courtyard to the palace of sargon ii in the department of near eastern antiquities in the louvre, my jaw dropped. It is an otherworldly place perhaps because the stone reliefs and monumental figures are from another world.
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