TARBISU
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Tarbisu
location in Iraq
Coordinates
: 36°24'54 N 43°07'11 E
Tarbisu
(modern Sherif Khan, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient city
about 3 miles north of Nineveh.
History
:
Tarabisu 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 Tarbisu was paved completely in stone
by Sennacherib.
Tarbisu
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
Tarbisu was excavated by Austen Henry Layard, and then Sir Henry
Rawlinson under the auspices of the British Museum in the mid-19th
century.
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Tarbisu