Šamaš Gate
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36.5030439048, 43.2357740252
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- Šamaš-mušakšid-ernittīya (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Aššur-mušalbir-palê-šarri-ēpišīšu-nāṣir-ummānīšu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Dur-Sharrukin (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Šamaš Gate same as Khorsabad Gate 3 (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Ninurta-mukīn-temmēn-ālišu-ana-labār-ūmē-rūqūti (720 BC - 540 BC)
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unlocated, gate (of a city), city gate
Pleiades
The Šamaš Gate is the first of Dūr-Šarrukīn’s two east-facing (meḫret šadî) gates. Because ‘east’ (Akkadian šadû) can refer to both southeast and northeast in Akkadian sources, it is uncertain if the Šamaš Gate was located on the city’s southeast or northeast wall and, therefore, it is uncertain if that entranceway to Sargon II’s newly-constructed capital should be identified as Khorsabad Gate 2, Gate 3, or Gate 4. Since one expects a grand gate to be dedicated to Šamaš, Gate 3, the northernmost portal on the southeast wall, seems to be the most plausible suggested location for the Šamaš Gate; Gates 2 and 4 are both undecorated entrances and, thus, seem unlikely to have been named after the sun-god.
Jamie Novotny, 'Šamaš Gate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344172036> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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