Dur Sarrukin (Akkad)
 
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Dur Šarrukin (also Dur Scharrukin, Dur Šarruken, Dur Scharruken ; wall / land fortress of Sargon ; Sumerian : A.NUN.AN.A.RU.RU.KI) was a place in the Akkad region , near Opis . Archaeological evidence of Dur Šarrukin from ancient times is missing to this day, although it is believed that Sargon of Akkad founded the site.
It was not until the post-Kassite period that Dur Sarrukin was found in inscriptions and steles, for example on two kudurrus by Nebuchadnezzar I and in an inscription by Nabonid , who also referred to Dur Sarrukin as Dur Sarruku.
literature
- Dietz-Otto Edzard and a .: Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 2 . De Gruyter, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-11-004450-1 , p. 249.