Quay Gate

wall · 720 BC – 2100 AD · location approximate

Nineveh's western wall had seven (or eight) gates: the Quay Gate was the fourth gate from the northern city wall. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Mušēribat-miširti-dadmē, which means "The One Who Brings in Income from the Settlements."

Coordinates

36.35303, 43.15421

Also known as

Mušēribat-miširti-dadmē (akk), abul kāri (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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