Ziggurat of Nimrud

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Ziggurat
gptkbp:archaeologicalFindings gptkb:Austin_Henry_Layard
Artifacts and inscriptions
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Ziggurat_style
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Ninurta
Tiglath-Pileser III
Religious ceremonies
Trade routes
Reliefs and sculptures
Religious architecture
Ninurta_myths
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Ongoing
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Assyria
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Assyrian_civilization
Assyrian_power
Symbol_of_Assyrian_heritage
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence on modern architecture
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Mesopotamian culture
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Ancient Mesopotamian architecture
gptkbp:currentCondition Ruins
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Ninurta
gptkbp:function Religious
gptkbp:height approximately 30 meters
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 8th century BC
gptkbp:historicalRecords Ancient texts
gptkbp:historicalResearch Ongoing studies
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Religious center
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ziggurat of Nimrud
gptkbp:influenced Later Mesopotamian structures
gptkbp:influencedBy Sumerian architecture
gptkbp:is_a_site_for Archaeological site
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nimrud
gptkbp:material Mudbrick
gptkbp:notableFeature Step pyramid
Historians and scholars
Terraced structure
Base approximately 60 meters square
Damage from conflicts
Inscription of Tiglath-Pileser III
Near Mosul, Iraq
Layard's_excavations
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Ancient_city_of_Nimrud
gptkbp:period Neo-Assyrian_period
gptkbp:relatedTo Ziggurat of Ur
gptkbp:releaseYear 1845
Excavation
gptkbp:researchInterest Archaeologists
gptkbp:surroundingArea gptkb:Nimrud_archaeological_site
gptkbp:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site World Heritage Site
gptkbp:visitedBy Tourists