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Mašqû Gate

a Pleiades place resource

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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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90291125

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.3613257, 43.1463548

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Mašqû Gate (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ea-mušēšir-kuppīya (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mašqû Gate (English, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- abul mašqê (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Mašqû Gate makes connections with:

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)

Mašqû Gate receives connections from:

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

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Mašqû Gate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90291125> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90291125 |title=Places: 90291125 (Mašqû Gate) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 25, 2024 7:09 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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