Bēlet-ilī Gate

wall · 720 BC – 540 BC · location approximate

The Bēlet-ilī Gate, which was given the Akkadian ceremonial name Bēlet-ilī-murappišat-talittīšu ("The Goddess Bēlet-ilī Is the One Who Increases Its (Animals’) Offspring"), is the eighth of the eight city gates of Dūr-Šarrukīn ("Fort Sargon") listed by Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) in inscriptions recording the construction of his new capital. This gate is the second of the south-facing entrances to the city, but its precise location remains unknown.

Coordinates

36.50557, 43.23221

Also known as

Bēlet-ilī-murappišat-talittīšu (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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