Dur Sharrukin
Dur Sharrukin is an ancient city of Assyria, now Khorsabad in Iraq.
The ruins of king Sargon II's city and palace were excavated there in the 1840s by the French consul at Mossul, Pierre-Émile Botta. Reliefs from the palace can now be seen at the Louvre Museum and the British Museum.
Sargon II meeting with a dignatary
Dignatary
Blessing genie
Genie holding a poppy flower
Blessing genie, fragment
Person holding an inbex and a poppy
Gilgamesh mastering a lion
Groom leading horses
Two civil servants
A warrior
Servant
Servants holding the rolling throne of the king
Shedu[edit]
The shedu are Mesopotamian demons of a benevolent nature, depicted as human-headed winged bulls.
Human-headed winged bull facing right
Human-headed winged bull facing left
Human-headed winged bull
City-gate, British Museum
Transport of cedar[edit]
(detail of the latter)
