Dur-Sharrukin

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Dur-Šharru-ukin

𒂦𒈗𒁺 (in Akkadian)
A human-headed winged bull known as a lamassu from Dur-Sharrukin. Neo-Assyrian Period, ca. 721–705 BC
Shown within Iraq
Alternative name	Khorsabad
Location	Khorsabad, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Region	Mesopotamia
Coordinates	36°30′34″N 43°13′46″E / 36.50944°N 43.22944°E / 36.50944; 43.22944
Type	Settlement
Length	1,760 m (5,770 ft)
Width	1,635 m (5,364 ft)
Area	2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
History
Founded	In the decade preceding 706 BC
Abandoned	Approximately 605 BC
Periods	Neo-Assyrian Empire
Cultures	Assyrian
Site notes
Excavation dates	1842–1844, 1852–1855 1928–1935, 1957
Archaeologists	Paul-Émile Botta, Eugène Flandin, Victor Place, Edward Chiera, Gordon Loud, Hamilton Darby, Fuad Safar
Condition	Severely Damaged
Public access	Inaccessible

Dur-Sharrukin (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒂦𒈗𒁺, romanized: Dūr Šarru-kīn, "Fortress of Sargon"; Arabic: دور شروكين, Syriac: ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 BC. After the unexpected death of Sargon in battle, the capital was shifted 20 km south to Nineveh.