Citadel Wall of Nineveh
wall · 2335 BC – 540 BC
The citadel of Nineveh was surrounded by a thick mud-brick wall. When the 7th-century B.C. king Sennacherib made Nineveh the capital of the Assyrian empire, that wall was rebuilt and strengthened; its base was reinforced with limestone blocks along its southern stretch.
- Coordinates
- 36.35954, 43.15212
- Also known as
- dūr qabal āli ša Ninūa (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)