Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Thomas Seidler Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Thomas Seidler Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
Two tiers of niches (similar to Dur-Šarrukin 1) were found in Room H 15 (on the northwestern side of Courtyard II) of the Nabû temple at Dur-Šarrukin, the short-lived capital of the Assyrian king Sargon II (721–705 BC). Although no inscribed objects were found inside the niches, the existence of a temple library is suggested by a similar construction in Room H 5 (on the northwestern side of Forecourt I). The empty niches might be the result of the move of the capital to Nineveh under Sennacherib (704–681 BC) or of the use of perishable writing materials.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/785467779
36.507553, 43.227858
- Representative Locations:
- Plan location of Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2 (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2 (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2 located at Dur-Sharrukin (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2 located near Dur-Šarrukin Archive 1 (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2 located in Nabû temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
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This archive is located in the Nabû temple.
Thomas Seidler, 'Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/785467779> [accessed: 12 May 2024]
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