Citadel Wall of Nineveh
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- OSM Location of the Citadel Wall (2335 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- dūr qabal āli ša Ninūa (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Citadel Wall of Nineveh part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Citadel Wall of Nineveh part of (physical/topographic) Badnigerimhuluha (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Citadel Wall of Nineveh part of (physical/topographic) Nineveh/Ninos (2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Akītu-Temple of Ištar located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Citadel Gate part of (physical/topographic) Citadel Wall of Nineveh (2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Ekituškuga located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Emašmaš located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Ezida located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Kidmuri Temple located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Ashurbanipal located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Naqi'a connection Citadel Wall of Nineveh (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Sennacherib located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (1000 BC - 540 BC)
wall (of a city), city wall
Pleiades
The existence of a wall delimiting the main area of the citadel is presumed for many periods. According to Julian Reade (RLA 9, 397), a “stretch of wall of roughly Akkadian date has been identified on the eastern edge of Kuyunjik, in Area KG north of the later East Gate (Stronach 1994, 93); it has a massive stone base, mudbrick superstructure, and stone reinforced terrace or glacis in front.” Thus, Nineveh appears to have had some sort of wall around its citadel as early as the Sargonic Period. The Middle Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser I records that he rebuilt the old wall with stone and earth. The early Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II mention its existence. When Sennacherib made Nineveh his capital, he claims to have completely rebuilt and strengthen the citadel wall. His grandson Ashurbanipal not only made repairs to this wall, but also widened it and strengthened its base with large limestone blocks.
A plan of Nineveh drawn by L.W. King (1903-04) seem to indicate visible stretches of the citadel wall on the east, south, and west sides of Kuyunjik; these presumably date to the 7th-century B.C., Neo-Assyrian wall. The western stretch of the wall is assumed to have been integrated in some way with the city walls Badnigalbilukurašušu and Badnigerimhuluha.
Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Citadel Wall of Nineveh: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/767860328> [accessed: 11 October 2024]
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