Antique illustration of the palace of Sargon II (longitudinal section). View of the front of the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II (8th century BC), called Dur-Sharrukin ("Fort Sargon" or "Fortress of Sargon"), a city-palace. Dur-Sharrukin is now Khorsabad a village in northern Iraq, near Mosul and the buildings have been destroyed by Daesh. On the left part of the great walls can be seen, with some of the 157 towers that protected the settlement; in the picture also some of the seven gates that pierced the walls. In the middle the temple tower, ziqqurat. Other parts of the palace and various building on the walled terrace on the right. The walls and the palace were richly decorated with relief-carved stone.
Foto de Anticuario ilustración de Palacio de Sargon II (Dur-Sharrukin, Khorsabad, Iraq
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