Brick with inscription of Sargon II

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Brick with inscription of Sargon II
Brick with inscription of Sargon II
Room IX. Reliefs and inscriptions from Assyrian palaces

A complete commemorative inscription in Sumerian language is engraved on this brick, in five lines. It originates from the royal palace of Sargon II (721-705 B.C.) at Khorsabad and celebrates the construction of the city and of the palace itself: “Sargon, king of the universe, built this city: Dûr-Sharrûkin [“The fortress of Sargon”] is its name; within, he had this unrivalled Palace built”.