Mašqû Gate
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Feb 12, 2026 11:27 AM
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History
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Nineveh's western wall had seven (or eight) gates: the Mašqû Gate was the northernmost one. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Ea-mušēšir-kuppīya, which means "The God Ea Is the One Who Properly Directs (Water Flow into) My Cisterns."
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90291125
36.3613257, 43.1463548
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Mašqû Gate (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ea-mušēšir-kuppīya (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mašqû Gate (English, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- abul mašqê (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mašqû Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mašqû Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigerimhuluha (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mašqû Gate part of (physical/topographic) Nineveh/Ninos (720 BC - 540 BC)
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gate (of a city), city gate
Pleiades
The gate is mentioned in Akkadian inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib dating to 697-691 B.C. Some texts state that it was the first gate of the western stretch of wall, while others report that it was the fourth gate of the ten north- and west-facing gates. The position of the gate is known and it was excavated/restored in 1968-75. Around April 13, 2016, ISIS/ISIL demolished the Mašqû Gate.
Jamie Novotny, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Mašqû Gate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90291125> [accessed: 17 February 2026]
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