mousasir

Updated: May 2, 2025

It is true that the Khorsabad relief whence we copy this peculiar arrangement deals with the capture of an Armenian city, Mousasir, called in the narrative of Sargon's conquests "the dwelling of the god Haldia," whose temple must be here figured by the sculptor.

Charles Chipiez - A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1