Sîn Gate

wall · 720 BC – 2100 AD

The northern city wall of Nineveh had three gates: the Sîn Gate was the westernmost of the three. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and called it the Gate of the Garden, which was given the Akkadian ceremonial name Igisigsig-mušammeh-ṣippāti ("The God Igisigsig Is the One Who Makes Orchards Flourish"). Late in 695 B.C. or early in 694 B.C., the gate was dedicated to the moon-god Sîn and renamed Nannāru-nāṣir-agê-bēlūtīya ("The Divine Nannāru Is the One Who Protects My Lordly Crown").

Coordinates

36.36833, 43.14323

Also known as

Gate of the Garden (en), Igisigsig-mušammeh-ṣippāti (akk), Nannāru-nāṣir-agê-bēlūtīya (akk), abul Sîn (akk), abul kirâti (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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