Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta

35°29′41″N 43°16′12″E / 35.494685°N 43.270008°E / 35.494685; 43.270008 (Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (Tulul ul-Aqar) Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (modern Tulul ul Aqar (Telul al-Aqr) in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a new cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I (about 1243–1207 BC) just north of Assur.

Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta was a new foundation about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Assur, which was the old capital of the Assyrian empire.

In the western part, near to the river, a temple was excavated for the Assyrian main deity, Ashur.

The city was largely abandoned after the death of king Tukulti-Ninurta I with minor occupation continuing through the Neo-Assyrian period.

A full excavation report appeared only in 1985 Work at the site was resumed in 1986 with a survey by a team from the German Research Foundation led by R. Dittman.

Mesopotamia in 2nd millennium BC (Place names in French)
Fragment of a wall painting from the palace at Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
stone figure of a monkey from Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
Plan of the Ashur temple
Stele of Adad-bel ukin, governor of Libbi-ali, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, Ekallatum, Itu, and Ruqahu. From Assur, Iraq. 780 BCE. Pergamon Museum