Kalhu (Nimrud)

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Kalhu or, Biblical, Kalah (Hebrew כלח): capital of ancient Assyria, modern Nimrud.

The ziggurat of Nimrud

This city, called Kalhu by the Assyrians and called Kalah (or Calah) in the Bible, was a capital of Assyria. Like so many ruins, it is often called "Nimrud", after the legendary king who is often associated with antiquities in the Near East.
Kalhu was founded by king Šalmaneser I (r.1263-1234)
King Aššurnasirpal II (r.883-859) chose Kalhu, until then a small town, as his residence. A labor force of no less than 47,000 people built the city, which was six times larger than the old capital, Aššur.
If the city - as king Aššurnasirpal claims in one of his inscriptions - counted 16,000 inhabitants, food must have been imported from upstream along the Tigris
Nimrud, Throne platform of Šalmaneser III, Relief of tribute bearers

745-727: Reign of Tiglath-Pileser III: great splendor
The town remained capital of Assyria until 706 BCE, when king Sargon II founded Dur-Šarukkin (Khorsabad), which would be replaced by Nineveh (Mosul).
In 401, the Greek mercenary Xenophon stayed in this town, which was now called Larissa. He mentions how the inhabitants had fled to the ziggurat.^note[Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.6-9.]

There are 8 items in Kalhu (Nimrud) - nimrudnwpalace:

Nimrud, Ivory	Nimrud, Relief with soldiers	Nimrud, Handle of a fly whisk	Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel
Nimrud, Figurine of a Nubian tribute bearer	Nimrud, Relief of a Mesopotamian chariot	Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III	Nimrud, Relief of the statue of deported deity
Nimrud, Lion-shaped weight of three mina	Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III	Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: camels	Nimrud, Relief of an Anatolian fort