Handuru Gate

wall · 720 BC – 540 BC · location approximate

Most 7th-century B.C. Assyrian inscriptions record that Nineveh had eight south- and east-facing gates: the Handūru Gate was the first of these. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Šarur-mušamqit-ayyāb-šarri ("The God Šarur Is the One Who Cuts Down the King's Enemy"). This unlocated gate is now generally thought to have been located near southwest corner of the city.

Coordinates
36.33697, 43.17081
Also known as
abul Handūri (akk), Šarur-mušamqit-ayyāb-šarri (akk)
Dating
attested

Sources

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