Šamaš Gate
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/386554382
32.527, 44.420733
- Representative Locations:
- Uncertain: Proposed location of the Šamaš Gate (1600 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Abul-Šamaš (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate (English, modern)
- Šamaš-išid-ummāni-kīn (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Imgur-Enlil (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Nēmed-Enlil (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate bounds Tuba (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Less than certain: Ekitušgarza located near Šamaš Gate (720 BC - 540 BC)
unlocated, gate (of a city), city gate
- Evidence:
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Pleiades
The German excavators of Babylon did not excavate any of the city gates west of the Euphrates; the Šamaš Gate was one of four unexcavated gates of the inner city.
Jamie Novotny, 'Šamaš Gate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/386554382> [accessed: 11 November 2024]
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