Khorsabad Citadel Gate B
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Last modified
Dec 28, 2020 09:25 AM
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History
This decorated gate was the principal entrance to the citadel of Dūr-Šarrukīn ("Fort Sargon"), the capital of the Assyrian Empire constructed by Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344172035
36.5078608, 43.2303867
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Khorsabad Citadel Gate B (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Citadel Gate B (English, AD 1800 - AD 2099)
- Khorsabad Citadel Gate B part of (physical/topographic) Dur-Sharrukin (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Egalgabarinutukua located near Khorsabad Citadel Gate B (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Khorsabad Residence K located near Khorsabad Citadel Gate B (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Khorsabad Residence L located near Khorsabad Citadel Gate B (720 BC - 540 BC)
gate (of a city), city gate
Pleiades
This gate has been tentatively identified as the Anu Gate (Alexander Sollee). Because there is no one-to-one correlation between Sargon’s inscriptions and available archaeological evidence, the proposed identification of the ancient name of Khorsabad Citadel Gate B remains open to debate. Since the gates of the city wall are named in Sargon’s inscriptions, it is unlikely that the Anu Gate was part of the citadel wall.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Khorsabad Citadel Gate B: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344172035> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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