Adad Gate
wall · 720 BC – 540 BC · location approximate
The Adad Gate, which was given the Akkadian ceremonial name Adad-mukīn-ḫegallīya ("The God Adad Is the One Who Establishes My Prosperity"), is the second of the eight city gates of Dūr-Šarrukīn ("Fort Sargon") listed by Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) in inscriptions recording the construction of his new capital. This gate is the second of the eastward-facing entrances to the city.
- Coordinates
- 36.50557, 43.23221
- Also known as
- Adad-mukīn-ḫegallīya (akk), Adad-mukīn-ḫegallīšu (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)