Tarbisu

Tarbiṣu (modern Sherif Khan, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient city about 3 miles north of Nineveh.

Tarbisu
Tarbisu
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°24′54″N 43°07′11″E

History

Tarbiṣu was a minor town until the control of the Assyrian Empire was moved to nearby Nineveh by Sennacherib. Two palaces were built there, one by Esarhaddon for his son and crown prince, Ashurbanipal. Two temples were found at the site, one being the temple of Nergal, constructed by Sennacherib, and added to by Ashurbanipal. One of the gates in the northwest wall of Nineveh was named for Nergal and the road from that gate to Tarbiṣu was paved completely in stone by Sennacherib.

Tarbiṣu was captured by the Medes, led by Cyaxares in the 12th year of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon and faded along with the Assyrian Empire.

Archaeology
Wall and Gates of Nineveh

Tarbiṣu was excavated by Austen Henry Layard, and then Sir Henry Rawlinson under the auspices of the British Museum in the mid-19th century. [1] [2]

Notes
  1. Austen Henry Layard (1849). Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, Or Devil-worshippers, and an Enquiry Into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians. Vol. 2 (3 ed.). J. Murray. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  2. Sir Austen Henry Layard (1853). Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum. J. Murray. Retrieved 2020-10-29.

See also

References
  • A Sulaiman, Discovery of the Assyrian City of Tarbisu, Adab al-Rafidain, vol. 2, pp. 15–49, 1971 (Arabic)
  • J. E. Curtis, A. K. Grayson, Some Inscribed Objects from Sherif Khan in the British Museum, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 87–94, 1982
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