Šamaš Gate2018-02-13T13:31:56Zjnovotnytag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/5511199f4614487ea9646e648117a953Šamaš Gatetag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/5511199f4614487ea9646e648117a9532018-02-13T13:31:56ZMost 7th-century B.C. Assyrian inscriptions record that Nineveh had eight south- and east-facing gates: the Šamaš Gate was the fourth of these. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Enlil-mukīn-palêya, which means "The God Enlil Is the One Who Makes My Reign Firm."36.339868 43.177729