Anu Gate
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/73368156
36.5064441748, 43.2262212459
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- Anu-mušallim-epšēt-qātīya (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Anu Gate part of (physical/topographic) Aššur-mušalbir-palê-šarri-ēpišīšu-nāṣir-ummānīšu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Anu Gate part of (physical/topographic) Dur-Sharrukin (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Anu Gate same as Khorsabad Gate 7 (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Anu Gate part of (physical/topographic) Ninurta-mukīn-temmēn-ālišu-ana-labār-ūmē-rūqūti (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Sebetti temple (Khorsabad) located near Anu Gate (720 BC - 540 BC)
unlocated, gate (of a city), city gate
Pleiades
The Anu Gate is the first of Dūr-Šarrukīn’s two west-facing (meḫret amurri) gates. Because ‘west’ (Akkadian amurru) can refer to both northwest and southwest in Akkadian sources, it is uncertain if the Anu Gate was located on the city’s northwest or southwest wall and, therefore, it is uncertain if that entranceway to Sargon II’s newly-constructed capital should be identified as Khorsabad Gate 6, Gate 7, or Citadel Gate B. Since one expects a plain gate to be dedicated to Anu, Gate 7 seems to be the most plausible suggested location for the Anu Gate; Gate 6 and Citadel Gate B are both grand, decorated entrances and, thus, seem unlikely to have been named after Anu.
Jamie Novotny, 'Anu Gate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/73368156> [accessed: 23 April 2024]
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