Dur-Sharrukin
Dur-Sharrukin ("Fortress of Sargon"; Arabic: دور شروكين, Syriac: ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 BC. After the unexpected death of Sargon in battle, the capital was shifted 20 km south to Nineveh.
ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ (in Syriac) دور شروكين (in Arabic) | |
A human-headed winged bull known as a lamassu from Dur-Sharrukin. Neo-Assyrian Period, ca. 721–705 BC | |
Shown within Iraq | |
| Alternative name | Khorsabad |
|---|---|
| Location | Khorsabad, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq |
| Region | Mesopotamia |
| Coordinates | 36°30′34″N 43°13′46″E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Length | 1,760 m (5,770 ft) |
| Width | 1,635 m (5,364 ft) |
| Area | 2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi) |
| History | |
| Founded | In the decade preceding 706 BC |
| Abandoned | Approximately 605 BC |
| Periods | Neo-Assyrian Empire |
| Cultures | Assyrian |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1842–1844, 1852–1855 1928–1935, 1957 |
| Archaeologists | Paul-Émile Botta, Eugène Flandin, Victor Place, Edward Chiera, Gordon Loud, Hamilton Darby, Fuad Safar |
| Condition | Severely Damaged |
| Public access | Inaccessible |
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