Aššur-mušalbir-palê-šarri-ēpišīšu-nāṣir-ummānīšu
wall · 720 BC – 540 BC
The Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) surrounded his new capital Dūr-Šarrukīn ("Fort Sargon") with a rectangular-shaped, 16,280-cubit-long inner and outer city wall. The name of the city wall (dūru) was Aššur-mušalbir-palê-šarri-ēpišīšu-nāṣir-ummānīšu ("The God Aššur Is the One Who Prolongs the Reign of Its Royal Builder (and) Protects His Troops") according to some Akkadian royal inscriptions, but Aššur-mulabbir-palê-šarri-ēpišīšu-nāṣir-perʾīšu ("The God Aššur Is the One Who Prolongs the Reign of Its Royal Builder (and) Protects His Offspring") according to other texts written in the name of Sargon II.
- Coordinates
- 36.50343, 43.23448
- Also known as
- Aššur-mulabbir-palê-šarri-ēpišīšu-nāṣir-perʾīšu (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
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