Editing Nimrud (section)

===Later geographical writings===
Ruins of a similarly located Assyrian city named "Larissa" were described by [[Xenophon]] in his ''Anabasis'' in the 5th century BC.<ref>[http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-eng1:3.4.7 Xen. Anab. 3.4.7]. The city had been reached after crossing the "Zapatas" river ([http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-eng1:3.3.6 Xen. Anab. 3.3.6]) and then arriving at the Tigris ([Citation URI: http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-eng1:3.4.6 Xen. Anab. 3.4.6]).</ref>

A similar locality was described in the Middle Ages by a number of Arabic geographers including [[Yaqut al-Hamawi]], [[Abu'l-Fida]] and [[Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi]], using the name "Athur" (meaning Assyria) near Selamiyah.<ref name=Layard2 group="note" >Layard (1849, p.194) noted the following in a footnote: "[[Yaqut al-Hamawi|Yakut]], in his geographical work called the Moejem el Buldan, says, under the head of "Athur," "Mosul, before it received its present name, was called Athur, or sometimes Akur, with a kaf. It is said that this was anciently the name of [[Upper Mesopotamia|el Jezireh]] (Mesopotamia), the province being so called from a city, of which the ruins are now to be seen near the gate of Selamiyah, a small town, about eight farsakhs east of Mosul; God, however, knows the truth." The same notice of the ruined city of Athur, or Akur, occurs under the head of "Selamiyah." [[Abu'l-Fida|Abulfeda]] says, " To the south of Mosul, the lesser (?) Zab flows into the Tigris, near the ruined city of Athur." In Reinaud's edition (vol. i. p. 289, note 11,) there is the following extract from [[Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi|Ibn Said]]: — " The city of Athur, which is in ruins, is mentioned in the Taurat (Old Testament). There dwelt the Assyrian kings who destroyed Jerusalem.""</ref>