Sennacherib Gate
wall · 720 BC – 2100 AD · location approximate
Most 7th-century B.C. Assyrian inscriptions record that Nineveh had eight south- and east-facing gates: the Sennacherib Gate was the third of these. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Sāpin-gimir-nakirī, which means "The One Who Flattens All Enemies." During the reign of Sennacherib's grandson, the gate was renamed the Ashurbanipal Gate.
- Coordinates
- 36.33643, 43.17691
- Also known as
- Ashurbanipal Gate (en), Halzi Gate (en), Sāpin-gimir-nakirī (akk), abul Aššur-bāni-apli (akk), abul Sîn-ahhē-erība (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)