Palace of Adad-nārārī III

palace · 1000 BC – 2099 AD

The Assyrian king Adad-nārārī III (r. 810-783 BC) constructed a palace for himself at Kalhu (biblical Calah, modern Nimrud). This royal residence, whose walls were covered with white plaster and painted with geometric and floral motifs, was built immediately to the south of the palace of his great-grandfather Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC).