Madānu Canal Gate

wall · 720 BC – 2099 AD

The Neo-Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (r. 625–605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC) constructed an outer wall around the eastern side of Babylon. That mudbrick wall is reported to have had 120 towers and 5 entrances, including the Madānu Canal Gate. This access point to the city was probably located on the eastern stretch of the wall.

Coordinates

32.55234, 44.43814

Also known as

Abullu ša Nār-Madānu (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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