Badnigalbilukurašušu
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/945930916
36.3571435713, 43.1623076691
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the walls of Nineveh (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Badnigalbilukurašušu (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- dūru ša namrīrūšu nakirī sahpu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Badnigalbilukurašušu bounds Nineveh/Ninos (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Adad Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Aššur Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Badnigerimhuluha bounds Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Barhalzi Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Citadel Wall of Nineveh part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Desert Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ešahulezenzagmukam located near Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Halahhu Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Handuru Gate connection Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Khosr River intersects Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mašqû Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mullissu Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Nergal Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Sennacherib located near Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Quay Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Review Palace located near Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Royal Road of Nineveh connection Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Sennacherib Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Step Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Step Gate of the Armory part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Step Gate of the Gardens part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Step Gate of the Palace part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šibaniba Gate part of (physical/topographic) Badnigalbilukurašušu (720 BC - 540 BC)
wall (of a city), city wall
Pleiades
Akkadian Inscriptions found at Nineveh, Ashur, and Calah dating from 699 to 691 B.C. commemorate one of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib's most ambitious building enterprises: the construction of the city walls of Nineveh. Sennacherib states that the former circumference of the city was 9,300 cubits and that no former Assyrian king before him had built an inner or outer wall for that city; Nineveh's circumference was increased by 12,515 cubits, thereby expanding the length of the city walls to a total of 21,815 cubits. The outer defenses comprised two parts: (1) the main (or great) inner wall Badnigalbilukurašušu and (2) an outer stone wall Badnigerimhuluha. The walls originally had fourteen gates, but the number of gates was later increased to eighteen.
Jamie Novotny, 'Badnigalbilukurašušu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/945930916> [accessed: 26 December 2024]
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