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  • Iraq, Khorsabad
  • geo:36.509743,43.228264
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -720~ / -700~

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Dur Sharrukin

data access 11015

Dur Sharrukin in Akkadian means Fortress of Sargon. It was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria, who reigned 722 – 705 BC.

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Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2012-12-16) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2020-08-10), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/11015
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and Lendering, J., Dur Sharrukin. https://vici.org/vici/11015, accessed 2025-12-13.