Northwest Palace at Kalhu
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 11, 2018 10:41 AM
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History
A palace constructed at Kalḫu (Nimrud) by Assurnasirpal II, likely completed between 865 and 869 BCE. The palace was the king's primary residence and the administrative center of the Assyrian Empire until Sargon II moved the imperial capital to Dur Sharrukin in 706 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/439136375
36.0990738405, 43.3275427602
- OSM location of Northwest Palace (Palace of Ashur-Nasir-Pal II) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
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- Northwest Palace at Kalhu part of (administrative) Kalhu/Calah/‘Larisa’? (1000 BC - 540 BC)
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architectural complex
Pleiades
The Northwest Palace at Kalhu was targeted for intentional destruction by terrorist organizations in April 2015. ASOR's reporting documents the destruction of the site.
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Northwest Palace at Kalhu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/439136375> [accessed: 21 March 2019]
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