Question
Thorkild Jacobsen’s 1935 monograph studied the Jerwan aqueduct that supplied this city as part of the larger Atrush Canal. Hormuzd Rassam discovered his namesake cylinder buried under this city’s Tell Kuyunjik (“koo-YOON-jeek”). The [emphasize] husband of Queen Semiramis legendarily founded this city, whose Mashki Gate was used to transport water for livestock. This city’s administration fled to Harran (“huh-RAHN”) after a combined Median and Babylonian army sacked it in 612 BCE. An imperial capital was relocated from Dur-Sharrukin to this city, where a relief depicting the siege of Lachish (“la-KHEESH”) decorated Sennacherib’s palace. Thousands of cuneiform tablets from this city’s ruins that once belonged to the libraries of Ashurbanipal. For 10 points, Nimrud was replaced by what last capital city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire? ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Andre Wong | Columbia B | Cornell C | 40 | -5 |
Forrest Weintraub | Columbia A | Rutgers A | 68 | 10 |
Karsten Rynearson | Yale A | NYU A | 96 | -5 |
Ashish Kumbhardare | Rowan A | Haverford | 99 | -5 |
Ethan Furman | Haverford | Rowan A | 121 | 0 |
Owen Mimno | NYU A | Yale A | 121 | 10 |