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Central Building

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Modern name of given to a building constructed in the center of the citadel of Kalhu (biblical Calah, modern Nimrud) by the ninth-century-BC Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC).

Romanized Name(s):
Central Building

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:

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

References:

See Further:

Oates 2004 71-74

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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