Nimrud
Nimrud (Arabic: النمرود) is the Assirian Neo-Aramaic name for the auncient Assirian ceety o Kalhu (the Biblical Calah), locatit 30 kilometre (20 mi) sooth o the ceety o Mosul, an 5 kilometre (3 mi) sooth o the veelage o Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية), in the Nineveh plains in northren Mesopotamie.
A lamassu at the North Wast Pailace o Ashurnasirpal II afore destruction in 2015. | |
Alternate name | Calah, Kalakh, Kalhu |
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Location | Noomanea, Nineveh Govrenorate, Iraq |
Region | Mesopotamie |
Coordinates | 36°5′53.49″N 43°19′43.57″E / 36.0981917°N 43.3287694°E 43°19′43.57″E / 36.0981917°N 43.3287694°E |
Teep | Settlement |
Aurie | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
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