Gate 3
Khorsabad Gate 3
Pleiades
Assyrian
ANE
Wikipedia (English) Dur-Sharrukin
Battini 1998
Excavations At Khorsabad
Reade 2019 85–86
Fuchs 1994 295 nn. 91, 94
Sollee 2020 137–138
Pongratz-Leisten 1994 30 and 33 fig. 3
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This decorated gate is the northernmost city gate of the southeast wall of Dūr-Šarrukīn ("Fort Sargon"), the capital of the Assyrian Empire constructed by Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC).
Khorsabad Gate 3
This decorated gate is the northernmost city gate of the southeast wall of Dūr-Šarrukīn ("Fort Sargon"), the capital of the Assyrian Empire constructed by Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC).
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
-540
OSM location of Khorsabad Gate 3
OpenStreetMap (Node 8263843213, version 1, osm:changeset=96483593, 2020-12-27T13:13:04Z)
-720
Assyrian
ANE
OSM Node 8263843213
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Location based on OpenStreetMap
nineteenth century of the common era
twentieth century of the common era
twenty-first century of the common era
2099
Gate 3
Gate 3
Pleiades
1800
Assyrian
ANE
Wikipedia (English) Dur-Sharrukin
Excavations At Khorsabad
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The modern name assigned to the northernmost gate of Dūr-Šarrukīn's southeast wall. The ancient name of Gate 3 is not known, but it has been suggested that it was the Adad Gate, the Bēlet-ilī Gate, and the Šamaš Gate.
gate (of a city), city gate