Sun of the Gods Gate
Pleiades
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The Neo-Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (r. 625–605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC) constructed an outer wall around the eastern side of Babylon. That mudbrick wall is reported to have had 120 towers and 5 entrances, including the Sun of the Gods Gate. This access point to the city was probably located on the southern stretch of the wall.
Sun of the Gods Gate
Abul-Šamaš-ilī
Babylonian
ANE
George 1992 137–141 (with fig. 7)
Pedersén 2021 31 fig. 2.1
BTTo City Walls of Babylon C
Sun of the Gods Gate
The Neo-Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (r. 625–605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC) constructed an outer wall around the eastern side of Babylon. That mudbrick wall is reported to have had 120 towers and 5 entrances, including the Sun of the Gods Gate. This access point to the city was probably located on the southern stretch of the wall.
Sun of the Gods Gate
Sun of the Gods Gate
Pleiades
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twenty-first century of the common era
twentieth century of the common era
2099
1900
English translation of Abul-Šamaš-ilī.
Babylonian
ANE
George 1992 137–141 (with fig. 7)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Proposed location of the Sun of the Gods Gate
Pleiades
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Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
ME [[-720,-540]]
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC)
ME [[-540, -330]]
-30
-720
Babylonian
ANE
George 1992 141 fig. 7
Pedersén 2021 31 fig. 2.1
gate (of a city), city gate
Abul-Šamaš-ilī
Abul-Šamaš-ilī
Pleiades
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-30
-720
Akkadian name of one of the five gates of the outer eastern wall of Babylon.
Babylonian
ANE
BTTo City Walls of Babylon C
unlocated