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Building the Palace at Dur-Sharrukin, illustration from 'Hutchinson's History of the Nations' (litho)

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STC357959
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Building the Palace at Dur-Sharrukin, illustration from 'Hutchinson's History of the Nations' (litho)
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Jowett, Percy Hague (1882-1955) / English
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Private Collection
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lithograph
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In 713 B.C. Sargon, Assyrian King (722-705 B.C.) founded a new capital for his empire below the hill, a few miles to the east of Nineveh and named it Dur-Sharrukin, 'Sargon's Town'; On a high terrace upon the north-west side he erected a great palace, adorned with sculptures and bas-reliefs and with the walls decorated with enamelled brick;

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The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Images
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Middle East / worker / fortress / labourers / overseer / overseeing / mesopotamia / construction / assyrian king / palace-city / fortified / courtiers / labourer / mesopotamian / leader / ruler / Engraving / Mzengraving
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Large 3840 × 2674 px 325 × 226 mm 8.3 MB
Medium 1024 × 713 px 87 × 60 mm 976 KB

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