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SITE ID - NAME :	K2	Khorsabad
ANCIENT NAME :	Dur Sharrukin, Dur-_arrukin
OTHER NAME :	-
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Mosul
CHRONOLOGY :	Early Historic
PERIOD CODE :	12
DESCRIPTION :	Situated about 20 km north of Nineveh. A short-lived capital of Assyria. It was built over an existing village by the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II (721-705 BC) as a new capital north of Nineveh. It was used as a fortified place by his successors. The nearly square walls of Sargon's city enclosed roughly 325 ha! A citadel with a palace complex and arsenal formed separate compounds in the city walls. The Nabu temple and houses for high-ranking persons were located on a somewhat lower level. In Sargon's palace fabulous series of wall reliefs and monumental sculpture, including winged human-headed bulls, were discovered. Unfortunately, much of these objects were lost in the Euphrates while being transported to France...
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