Fort Shalmaneser2021-01-05T14:07:29Zgmckeetag:atlantides.org,2021:pleiades/723aaff739ba41eabcbbf054be2e1426Fort Shalmanesertag:atlantides.org,2021:pleiades/723aaff739ba41eabcbbf054be2e14262021-01-05T14:07:29ZThe ninth-century-BC Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858–824 BC) constructed an impressive palatial complex in the southeastern corner of the city Kalhu (biblical Calah). This armory, which the seventh-century-BC ruler Esarhaddon (r. 680–669 BC) referred to as an ēkal māšarti (‘review palace’), was completed ca. 846 BC. Fort Shalmaneser, the name of building dubbed by its excavators, remained in use until the very end of the Assyrian Empire (612 BC), although its importance was significantly diminished after the Assyrian court moved away from Kalhu at the end of the eighth century BC, first to Dūr-Šarrukīn and then to Nineveh.36.095849 43.346552 36.095097 43.348784 36.093202 43.347675 36.092909 43.347212 36.092866 43.344590 36.093085 43.344452 36.093485 43.344907 36.093432 43.345614 36.095849 43.346552