The plan of the citadel. (View of Asurnasirpal II's palace with a view of the ziggurat associated with the Ninurta Temple). The citadel (which includes Asurnasipal II's Palace and the main temples to ...
Ninurta-apal-Ekur, inscribed mdMAŠ-A-é-kur, meaning “Ninurta is the heir of the Ekur,” was a king of Assyria in the early 12th century BC who usurped the throne and styled himself king of the universe ...