Šūhi Canal Gate
The Neo-Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (r. 625–605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC) constructed an outer wall around the eastern side of Babylon. That mudbrick wall is reported to have had 120 towers and 5 entrances, including the Šūhi Canal Gate. This access point to the city was probably located on the northeastern stretch of the wall.
Šūhi Canal Gate
Abullu ša Nār-Šūhi
Pedersén 2021 31 fig. 2.1
BTTo City Walls of Babylon C
George 1992 137–141 (with fig. 7)
Babylonian
ANE
Šūhi Canal Gate
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Pleiades
The Neo-Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (r. 625–605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC) constructed an outer wall around the eastern side of Babylon. That mudbrick wall is reported to have had 120 towers and 5 entrances, including the Šūhi Canal Gate. This access point to the city was probably located on the northeastern stretch of the wall.
gate (of a city), city gate
twenty-first century of the common era
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC)
ME [[-540, -330]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
ME [[-720,-540]]
Akkadian name of one of the five gates of the outer eastern wall of Babylon.
BTTo City Walls of Babylon C
-30
Babylonian
ANE
Abullu ša Nār-Šūhi
Abullu ša Nār-Šūhi
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-720
Pleiades
English translation of Abullu ša Nār-Šūhi.
George 1992 137–141 (with fig. 7)
2099
Babylonian
ANE
Šūhi Canal Gate
Šūhi Canal Gate
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1900
Pleiades
twentieth century of the common era
The proposed location of the gate is based on a plan of the ruins of Babylon, with 500 m UTM coordinates.
Pedersén 2021 31 fig. 2.1
George 1992 141 fig. 7
-30
Proposed location of the Šūhi Canal Gate
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-720
Pleiades
unlocated