Khinnis Reliefs

Khinnis is an Assyrian archaeological site (also known as Bavian, its neighbouring village) in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is notable for its rock reliefs, built by king Sennacherib around 690 BC.

 

Reliefs of Bavian (after Layard) as included in J.H.Wright's 1905 book of universal history

 

During the reign of Sennacherib (705–681 BC), Khinnis was built in order to "celebrate the construction of a complex system of canals whose aim was to supply the capital of the empire

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