Uraš Gate
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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The Uraš Gate is one of Babylon's eight city gates and it is situated on the southeastern side of the inner city, directly south of the Šuanna quarter. King Nebuchadnezzar II built the gate ca. 575 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438874660
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- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of the Urash Gate at Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Abul-Uraš (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Ikkibšu-nakari (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Uraš Gate (English, modern)
- Uraš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Uraš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Imgur-Enlil (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Uraš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Nēmed-Enlil (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Uraš Gate bounds Šuanna (1600 BC - 30 BC)
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gate (of a city), city gate, wall (of a city), city wall
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Pleiades
The Uraš Gate was one of four gates of the inner city of Babylon excavated by Robert Koldewey at the beginning of the 20th century.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Uraš Gate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438874660> [accessed: 02 May 2024]
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