Khorsabad Gate 6
Creators: Jamie Novotny
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/460169768
36.4978461, 43.2277153
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Khorsabad Gate 6 (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Gate 6 (English, AD 1800 - AD 2099)
- Khorsabad Gate 6 part of (physical/topographic) Aššur-mušalbir-palê-šarri-ēpišīšu-nāṣir-ummānīšu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Khorsabad Gate 6 part of (physical/topographic) Dur-Sharrukin (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Khorsabad Gate 6 part of (physical/topographic) Ninurta-mukīn-temmēn-ālišu-ana-labār-ūmē-rūqūti (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Ištar Gate same as Khorsabad Gate 6 (720 BC - 540 BC)
gate (of a city), city gate
Pleiades
This gate has been tentatively identified as the Anu Gate (Andreas Fuchs), the Ea Gate (Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Alexander Sollee), and the Ištar Gate (Laura Battini, Jamie Novotny). 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 Gate 6 remains open to debate. Since one expects a grand, decorated entranceway to be associated with the goddess Ištar, Gate 6 might have been dedicated to this important goddess, rather than to the god Anu or the god Ea.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Khorsabad Gate 6: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/460169768> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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