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George 1992 137–141 (with fig. 7)
Pedersén 2021 31 fig. 2.1
Pleiades
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Seashore Gate
Abul-šapat-tâmtum
Seashore Gate
ANE
Babylonian
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 Seashore Gate. This access point to the city was probably located on the southern stretch of the wall.
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 Seashore Gate. This access point to the city was probably located on the southern stretch of the wall.
Seashore Gate
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
George 1992 141 fig. 7
Pedersén 2021 31 fig. 2.1
-720
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Proposed location of the Seashore Gate
Pleiades
-330
ANE
Babylonian
The proposed location of the gate is based on a plan of the ruins of Babylon, with 500 m UTM coordinates.
ME [[-540, -330]]
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC)
George 1992 137–141 (with fig. 7)
1900
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Seashore Gate
Pleiades
2099
ANE
Babylonian
Seashore Gate
English translation of Abul-šapat-tâmtum.
twenty-first century of the common era
twentieth century of the common era
gate (of a city), city gate
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-720
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Abul-šapat-tâmtum
Pleiades
-30
ANE
Babylonian
Abul-šapat-tâmtum
Akkadian name of one of the five gates of the outer eastern wall of Babylon.
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]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
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