ID: 700008974 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008974	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Hanging Garden at Nineveh (terrace gardens; unknown Assyrian, for Sennacherib, King of Assyria; possibly ca. 680 BCE)

Note: Terraced garden of King Sennacherib, as described in texts and depicted in reliefs. It is postulated that the stories of the hanging gardens of Babylon may actually refer to these earlier gardens at Nineveh.

Titles:

Hanging Garden at Nineveh (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Hängende Gärten der Sennacherib König von Assyrien (C,U,English,U,U)

Hanging Gardens of Babylon at Nineveh (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

terrace gardens [300404778] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>, gardens (open spaces), <gardens by form>)

hanging gardens [300008100]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>, gardens (open spaces), <gardens by form>)

former structure [300386958]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:

landscaping / gardening (preferred)

Creation Date: possibly ca. 680 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Assyrian, for Sennacherib, King of Assyria [preferred]

patron Sennacherib, King of Assyria (Assyrian king, died 681 BCE) [500355325]

landscape architects unknown Assyrian (Assyrian cultural designation) [500202886]

Locations:

Other: Destroyed:

Other: Nineveh [7017998] Nīnawá (governorate), Iraq (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: terraced garden

	gardening [300054706]
	.......(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>, <forest and nature activities>)

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

botanical

Related Works:

	possibly identified with .... Hanging Gardens of Babylon [700008973]
	..........hanging gardens; unknown Babylonian; according to legend, patron was Nebuchad...; by tradition, possibly built b...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures

Sources and Contributors:
Hanging Garden at Nineveh	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)
Hängende Gärten der Sennacherib König von Assyrien	........ [VP]
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon at Nineveh	........ [VP]
	........ Dalley, Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon (2013)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) DNB|042284120

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Dalley, Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon (2013)
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-)