Search Results: Khorsabad

3D reconstruction of Khorsabad designed by Kais Jacob Ishak. KHORSABAD (Dur-Sharrukin) Capital of the Assyrian Empire in the ancient world (Mesopotamia) built by King Sargon II in 717 BCE.

A relief of servants from the palace of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (present-day Khorsabad, Iraq), c. 713-716 BCE. Now in the Musee du Louvre, Paris.

Artistic attempt at reconstruction of the inside of the palace of Khorsabad, constructed by the Assyrian king Sargon II. From the 1901 Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.

Detail of a gypsum wall relief showing the Assyrian King Sargon II. Neo-Assyrian Period, 710-705 BCE. From the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, Mesopotamia, Modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London).

A pair of human-headed and winged-bulls (lamassu), stood on either side of a gate at one of the citadel walls at Khorsabad. Two human-headed and winged protective spirits or genies stand behind the bulls; those divine figures are about to...

On the right, a statue of a minor deity (probably Ea) stands and holds a vessel in his hands, from which water flows. It is one of a pair of statues which were found outside the entrance (in front of trees) to the Temple of Sin at Khorsabad...

This unusual scene (in black stone) came from a detached building on the private side of the palace, possibly reserved for royal use. It was one of the few discoveries made at Khorsabad by Henry Layard. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sargon...

This image shows a detail of an almost-3-meter high alabaster bas-relief from the Palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II at Khorsabad (in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq). This is an Assyrian eunuch, holding a cup; its bottom is in the...

This alabaster bas-relief shows a head of a bearded man. The fragment was part of a larger relief which depicts a procession of tribute bearers. The man's turban and his hair style and beard suggest that the man came from the western part...

This survived alabaster bas-relief was found in Khorsabad (ancient Dar-Sharrukin, Mesopotamia, Iraq). An Assyrian king, probably Sargon II (r. 722-705 BCE), shoots an arrow and a lion (hit by another arrow) appears. Late 8th century BCE...