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Artist
- Name:
- Lancelot, Dieudonné
- Dates:
- 1822-1894
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Buildings & monuments
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Bertrand, Antoine Valérie
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Old Book Illustrations
Book
- Title:
- Les merveilles de l'architecture
- Author(s):
- Lefèvre, André
- Publisher:
- Paris: Hachette, 1867
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Khorsabad is an ancient Assyrian city now in Iraq. It is famous in particular for the palace of King Sargon II, who was also the founder of the city: the ancient Akkadian name of Khorsabad, Dur Sharrukin, means “Fortress of Sargon”.
In addition to the palace, the city included a temple dedicated to Nabu, a god of Nature and of the art of writing.
The caption reads in the original French: Khorsabad. — Temple assyrien restauré.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, antiquity, Assyrian, black & white, Iraq, Middle East, reference book, temple
