Most 7th-century B.C. Assyrian inscriptions record that Nineveh had eight south- and east-facing gates: the Sennacherib Gate was the third of these. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Sāpin-gimir-nakirī, which means "The One Who Flattens All Enemies." During the reign of Sennacherib's grandson, the gate was renamed the Ashurbanipal Gate.
Sāpin-gimir-nakirī
abul Aššur-bāni-apli
abul Sîn-ahhē-erība
Ashurbanipal Gate
Sennacherib Gate
Halzi Gate
Pleiades
Reade 2016 66-68
RLAss 9 401
RINAP 3/1 17-19
RINAP 3 Sennacherib 017 (Q003491)
RINAP 3 Sennacherib 016 (Q003490)
Sennacherib Gate
Most 7th-century B.C. Assyrian inscriptions record that Nineveh had eight south- and east-facing gates: the Sennacherib Gate was the third of these. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Sāpin-gimir-nakirī, which means "The One Who Flattens All Enemies." During the reign of Sennacherib's grandson, the gate was renamed the Ashurbanipal Gate.
ANE
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Sennacherib Gate
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Ashurbanipal Gate
1700
2100
Pleiades
Reade 2016 66-68
Ashurbanipal Gate
ANE
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unlocated
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
abul Aššur-bāni-apli
-720
-540
Pleiades
Reade 2016 66-68
abul Aššur-bāni-apli
Everyday/common Akkadian name of the gate during the reign of Ashurbanipal.
ANE
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Sāpin-gimir-nakirī
-720
-540
Pleiades
RINAP 3 Sennacherib 017 (Q003491)
Sāpin-gimir-nakirī
Akkadian ceremonial name of the gate, which means "The One Who Flattens All Enemies."
ANE
2018-02-13T09:37:05-04:00
abul Sîn-ahhē-erība
-720
-540
Pleiades
RINAP 3 Sennacherib 017 (Q003491)
abul Sîn-ahhē-erība
Everyday/common Akkadian name of the gate.
ANE
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gate (of a city), city gate
-720
-540
Pleiades
Reade 2016 48 (fig. 7) and 50 (fig. 9), 62-66
Conjectural location after Reade
The representative, estimated location of the gate is based on Reade, SAAB 22 (2016), 48 (fig. 7) and 50 (fig. 9).
ANE
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Sennacherib Gate
1700
2100
Pleiades
Reade 2016 66-68
Sennacherib Gate
ANE
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Halzi Gate
1700
2100
Pleiades
Reade 2016 66-68
Halzi Gate
Name of the gate used by archaeologists.
ANE
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