A Cuneiform Text on a Building Bricks from Khorsabad | ||
| Basic Education College Magazine For Educational and Humanities Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 18, May 2018, Pages 205-212 | ||
| Author | ||
| Qusay M Al- turky | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The text we will show from the modern Assyrian period (the first millennium B.C), exactly belong to the reign of King "Šarrukin" (Sargon) (722- 704 B.C). The text contains four lines of cuneiform writing in Akkadian- Assyrian. Researchers have nominated a period of a brick text writing of the modern Assyrian era or what was known the rule dynasty of Sargon second (721-612 B.C), exactly during the reign of Assyrian King "Šarrukin". As for where to find the brick was in the city called "Dur- Šarrukin" (Khorsabad), exactly in the king's palace ground "Šarrukin", where sources mentioned that the king wanted to build a unique palace, described as a "palace which was incredible".The brick was discovered by accident, in the palace place building with three other bricks, was given to the Archaeological office in Nineveh in the spring of 2012. The brick that was discovered, with dimensions 33 cm long, 33 cm wide and 10 cm thick, it means a square brick building. | ||
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| Cuneiform Text on a Building Bricks from Khorsabad | ||
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