Nimrud

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite Tell
gptkbp:artifactsFound gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Iraq_Museum
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Adad-nirari_III
gptkb:Tiglath-Pileser_III
gptkb:Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:capitalPeriodEnd c. 879–706 BCE
gptkbp:coordinates 36.0906°N 43.3203°E
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkbp:destructionYear 2015
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
1845
gptkbp:excavationContinuedBy gptkb:Iraqi_Department_of_Antiquities
gptkb:David_Oates
gptkb:Max_Mallowan
gptkbp:features gptkb:monument
gptkb:Burnt_Palace
gptkb:Fort_Shalmaneser
gptkb:Temple_of_Nabu
gptkb:Tombs_of_Assyrian_queens
gptkb:Northwest_Palace
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Shalmaneser_I
gptkbp:foundedIn 13th century BCE
gptkbp:heritageThreat looting
deliberate destruction
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Kalhu
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nimrud
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Nineveh_Governorate
gptkbp:locatedNear Mosul
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Nimrud_Letters
gptkb:Nimrud_Slab
gptkb:Nimrud_lens
gptkb:Nimrud_prism
gptkb:Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III
Ivory hoard
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Nimrud_lens
Lamassu statues
Ivory carvings
Assyrian palaces
gptkbp:region gptkb:Assyria
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkbp:servedAs Assyrian capital
gptkbp:significantEvent 612 BCE
Sack by Babylonians and Medes
gptkbp:status partially destroyed
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Tentative list
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Tentative
gptkbp:website 360 hectares
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dragon
gptkb:King
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4