Badnigerimhuluha
wall · 720 BC – 540 BC
Nineveh’s outer stone wall was called Badnigerimhuluha ("Wall, Terrorizer of Enemies"). It was constructed by the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib after he moved the Assyrian capital to Nineveh. The visible remains of the twelve-kilometer-long wall and some of its gates are still visible today.
- Coordinates
- 36.35714, 43.16231
- Also known as
- mugallit zāmânī (akk), mugallit zāmânī (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)