Historical place profile
Tarbiṣu
Tarbiṣu, now modern Sherif Khan, was an Assyrian city located about 5 kilometers north of Nineveh. It was the principal cult center of the god Nergal in Assyria. Starting in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C., Tarbiṣu was a royal city and one of the primary residences of the Assyrian crown prince, who was trained in the art of kingship in the palace built there.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:30774368
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:30774368
- Place type
- archaeological-site, findspot, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.408844, 43.077405
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Tarbiṣu, now modern Sherif Khan, was an Assyrian city located about 5 kilometers north of Nineveh. It was the principal cult center of the god Nergal in Assyria. Starting in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C., Tarbiṣu was a royal city and one of the primary residences of the Assyrian crown prince, who was trained in the art of kingship in the palace built there.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: No separate provenance note is supplied by the source record.
Source and reuse
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Research path
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