Ninurta-mukīn-temmēn-ālišu-ana-labār-ūmē-rūqūti
wall · 720 BC – 540 BC
The Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) surrounded his new capital Dūr-Šarrukīn ("Fort Sargon") with a rectangular-shaped, 16,280-cubit-long inner and outer city wall. The name of the outer/lower city wall (šalḫû) was Ninurta-mukīn-temmēn-ālišu-ana-labār-ūmē-rūqūti ("The God Ninurta Is the One Who Establishes the Foundation of His City for (All) Days to Come") according to some Akkadian royal inscriptions, but Ninurta-mukīn-temmēn-adušši-ana-labār-ūmē-rūqūti ("The God Ninurta Is the One Who Establishes the Foundation of the Wall for (All) Days to Come") according to other texts written in the name of Sargon II.
- Coordinates
- 36.50343, 43.23448
- Also known as
- Ninurta-mukīn-temmēn-adušši-ana-labār-ūmē-rūqūti (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
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