Barhalzi Gate
wall · 720 BC – 2100 AD · location approximate
Nineveh's western wall had seven (or eight) gates: the Barhalzi Gate was the sixth gate from the northern city wall. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it sometime between 694 and 691 B.C. and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Anum-nāṣir-napištīya, which means "The God Anu Is the Protector of My Life."
- Coordinates
- 36.34474, 43.16281
- Also known as
- Anum-nāṣir-napištīya (akk), abul pilku Barhalzi (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)