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title: Basalt Column Base from Khorsabad
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10398/basalt-column-base-from-khorsabad/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Basalt Column Base from Khorsabad

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Basalt Column Base from Khorsabad](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10398.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10398.jpg)

## Image Caption

This is one of a pair of basalt [column](https://www.worldhistory.org/column/) base (the other is in front of the entrance to the Iraq Museum). It was part of the colonnade supporting the roof of the portico at the entrance to the New Year Festival House (Bit-Hilani) at Khorsabad, in modern-day [Nineveh](https://www.worldhistory.org/nineveh/) Governorate, Iraq. Circa 710 BCE. Excavated in the 1930s CE. On display in Room X, the Assyrian Gallery, of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2019, April 10). Basalt Column Base from Khorsabad. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10398/basalt-column-base-from-khorsabad/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Basalt Column Base from Khorsabad." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 10, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10398/basalt-column-base-from-khorsabad/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Basalt Column Base from Khorsabad." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 Apr 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10398/basalt-column-base-from-khorsabad/>.

## License & Copyright

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