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.
Sollee 2020 137–138
Frame, RINAP 2 online Sargon II 043
Frame, RINAP 2 online Sargon II 009
Reade 2019 85–86
Pongratz-Leisten 1994 30 and 33 fig. 3
Fuchs 1994 295 nn. 91, 94
Battini 1998
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Pleiades
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.
Bēlet-ilī Gate
Bēlet-ilī-murappišat-talittīšu
Bēlet-ilī Gate
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
Frame, RINAP 2 online Sargon II 009
-720
ANE
Assyrian
Pleiades
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-540
The Akkadian ceremonial name of the Bēlet-ilī Gate at Khorsabad, which means "The Goddess Bēlet-ilī Is the One Who Increases Its (Animals’) Offspring."
Bēlet-ilī-murappišat-talittīšu
Bēlet-ilī-murappišat-talittīšu
unlocated
gate (of a city), city gate