Khorsabad ziggurat

temple · 720 BC – 2099 AD

The eighth-century-BC Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) had a temple-tower built on the palace terrace of his new capital, Dūr-Šarrukīn (modern Khorsabad). The ziggurat was located at the northern end of the temple sector, which was accessible from Sargon’s palace, through the Courtyard XV.