3899808 The palaces of Nimroud [Calah] restored, 1853 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From \'A second series of the Monuments of Nineveh: including bas-reliefs from the palace of Sennacherib and bronzes from the ruins of Nimroud\' by Austen Henry Layard, Esq. King Sennacherib of Assyria (705-681 BC) was responsible for building at the Akkadian capital of Nineveh. His grandson Ashurbanipal, the last great King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, (668-c.627 BC) built the library. Ashurnasirpal II\'s palace of Kalhu at Nimrud was built and completed in 879 BC. ).