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Citadel Gate

a Pleiades place resource

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The East Gate or Citadel Gate was located on the southeast side of the citadel of Nineveh and it was one of several gates from which the upper town could be accessed from the lower town via a long, stone ramp.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/828352080

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.359455, 43.154635

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Representative Location of the Citadel Gate (2335 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- East Gate (English, modern)
- Nēreb-masnaqti-adnāte (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- abul qabal āli ša Ninūa (Akkadian, 2335 BC - 540 BC)

Citadel Gate makes connections with:

Citadel Gate part of (physical/topographic) Citadel Wall of Nineveh (2335 BC - 540 BC)
Citadel Gate part of (physical/topographic) Nineveh/Ninos (2335 BC - 540 BC)

Citadel Gate receives connections from:

Less than certain: Akītu-Temple of Ištar located near Citadel Gate (1600 BC - 540 BC)
Ekituškuga located near Citadel Gate (2335 BC - 540 BC)
Emašmaš located near Citadel Gate (2335 BC - 540 BC)
Ezida located near Citadel Gate (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple located near Citadel Gate (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Ashurbanipal located near Citadel Gate (720 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Naqi'a located near Citadel Gate (720 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Sennacherib located near Citadel Gate (720 BC - 540 BC)
Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Citadel Gate (1000 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
gate (of a city), city gate

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The existence of the citadel wall and the citadel gate delimiting the main area of the citadel is presumed for many periods. This gate is mentioned in Akkadian inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian kings Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal. The 7th century gate has been partially excavated and its gatehouse was located at the northeastern end of Sennacherib’s Palace (the South-West Palace). One of its entrances was flanked by a pair of gigantic human-headed winged bulls; the stone apotropaic gateway statues bear an Akkadian inscription of Sennacherib.

Assyrian kings record that they publically humiliated captured enemies in the Citadel Gate; for example, one recalcitrant ruler was chained there with a dog, a pig, and a bear.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Citadel Gate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/828352080> [accessed: 27 December 2024]

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