North Palace at Babylon

palace · 720 BC – 2099 AD

The Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC) constructed a new royal residence for himself at Babylon. This grand palace was constructed north of the so-called “South Palace,” the traditional royal residence of the kings of Babylon. The building, which is referred to as the “new palace” (ēkallu eššu) in Achaemenid-period texts, is generally called the “North Palace,” “Nordburg,” and “New Palace.”

Coordinates

32.54402, 44.42084

Also known as

New Palace (en), Nordburg (de), North Palace (en), ēkallu eššu (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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