New Palace at Assur
palace · 1600 BC – 2099 AD
The Middle Assyrian king Tukultī-Ninurta I (1233–1197 BC) built himself a new royal residence at Assur. That palace, which went by the Sumerian name Elugalumunkurkurra (“House of the King, Lord of the Lands”), covered an area of about 27000 m². After Tukultī-Ninurta I’s reign, the so-called “New Palace” was no longer maintained and, thus, fell into ruins.
- Coordinates
- 35.45817, 43.25612
- Also known as
- Elugalumunkurkurra (sux), Neuer Palast (de), New Palace (en), ekallu eššetu (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)