Khorsabad, Part 1: Excavations in the Palace and at a City Gate

Author(s): Gordon Loud.
with chapters by Henri Frankfort and Thorkild Jacobsen
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Oriental Institute Publications 38

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Sargon II’s throneroom, six palace temples, the temple of Nabu, and the residences of the grand vizier and other high officials are identified. A group of Assyrian sculptures has been rescued from destruction, among them a number of imposing bulls.

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  1. Gate 7. Henri Frankfort 
  2. The Bathroom, Court VIII, Corridor, and Winged Bull
  3. The Throneroom and Room 7 
  4. The Palace Temples 
  5. Inscriptions. Thorkild Jacobsen

Index of Palace Sculptures 
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  • Oriental Institute Publications 38
  • Chicago: Oriental Institute, 1936
  • Pp. xv + 139, 129 figures, frontispiece, 3 plates in color
  • Hardcover, 9 × 12 in
  • Out of Print
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