- Syriac: ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ),
present day
Khorsabad, was the ****yrian
capital in the time of
Sargon II of ****yria.
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 Lam****u were
protective minor...
- the
ruins of the ****yrian cities. The prin****l
remains are
those of
Khorsabad, 16 km (10 mi)
northeast of Mosul; of Nimroud,
supposed to be the ancient...
-
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...
- ****yrian
master of ceremonies, part of a long
tributary scene.
Alabaster bas-relief. From
Khorsabad, Iraq, c. 710 BCE. Iraq Museum....
- Iron Age
palaces and
temples are
found at the ****yrian (Kalhu/Nimrud,
Khorsabad, Nineveh),
Babylonian (Babylon),
Urartian (Tushpa/Van, Kalesi, Cavustepe...
- Human-headed
winged bulls from
Sargon II's
palace in Dur-Sharrukin,
modern Khorsabad (Louvre)...
- The
Phoenician ship
called hippos, from the ****yrian city of
Khorsabad, 8th
century BC...
- God Ea, a
statue from
Khorsabad, late 8th
century BCE, Iraq, now in the Iraq Museum...
- BC—Sargon II
starts to rule. He
builds a new
capital at Dur
Sharrukin (modern
Khorsabad). 720 BC—End of the ****yrian
siege of Tyre. 720 BC—Orsippus of Megara...
