Sargon II ( Akkadian Šarru-kinu "legitimate king", reigned 722 BC-705 BC) was an Assyrian king. Sargon II became co-regent with Shalmaneser V in 722 BC, and became the sole ruler ...
Bassorilievo raffigurante Sargon II ed un suo dignitario, dal palazzo reale di Sargon a Dur Sharrukin, ora Khorsabad in Iran, scoperto da Paul-Émile Botta nel 1843