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Shalmaneser Gate

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The modern name of the gate assigned to this entryway into the Kalhu citadel by its excavators. The name stems from the fact that the stone lion colossi erected on both sides of the gates are inscribed with texts written in the name of the ninth-century-BC Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858–824 BC).

Romanized Name(s):
Shalmaneser Gate

Name as attested:

Language:
English

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

twentieth century of the common era (confident)
twenty-first century of the common era (confident)

References:

See Further:

Oates 2004 28–30

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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