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Khorsabad ziggurat

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

General, modern name of the temple-tower at Dūr-Šarrukīn. The building's ancient name is not known.

Romanized Name(s):
Khorsabad ziggurat

Name as attested:

Language:
English

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

twentieth century of the common era (confident)
twenty-first century of the common era (confident)

References:

See Further:

Excavations At Khorsabad
Loud, Frankfort, and Jacobsen 1936

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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