This scarce volume is a scholarly work and part of a series published by the University of Chicago Oriental Institute following the excavation of the palace at Khorsabad, Iraq, which took place between 1928 and 1935. Khorsabad was once the Assyrian capitol formerly known as Dur-Sharrukin (Fortress of Sargon).

Hard cover, size 11 ½” x 9”. Cloth covered boards, light brown with dark brown spine.

139 pages. 129 illustrations and photos including 3 foldout diagram illustrations. Three color plates. Ex-library copy, withdrawn from the Iliff School of Theology, Denver.

Condition: Very Good with expected library markings (minimal). Date Due slip shows the book was checked out only twice. Cover very clean with a couple of small pencil marks and very little wear. Library markings on bottom of spine. Pages are very clean with a couple of light finger smudges. One small edge tear. A small fragment of a staple which was trapped between pages has left a blind impression in the paper near the spine area of several pages. One of the foldouts has a 4½” split at the fold, which could be easily repaired. There are a few stray loops of binding thread that are evident near the spine area between a few of the pages (see photo).

Some of the people, items, antiquities, and locations discussed or pictured in this book include: Dur-Sharrukin, Iraq, Khorsabad, Sargon, Assyria, Assyrian, Ninurta, Ea, Shamash Temple, Ningal Temple, Sin Temple, Adad Temple, Dr. Edward Chiera, Botta, Wilensky, Baghdad, Basrah, Mosul, Kurds, Kurdish, Tigris, Winged Bull, Gilgamesh, Merodachbaladan, Babylon, Sumerian, Akkadian, excavations, antiquities, antiquarian, antiques, archaeology, ancient, middle east, asia, John Albert Wilson, Thomas George Allen