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Conjectural location after Reade

a Pleiades location resource

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The representative, estimated location of the gate is based on Reade, SAAB 22 (2016), 48 (fig. 7) and 50 (fig. 9).

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Feature type:
gate (of a city), city gate

Geometry and coordinates (long, lat order):
{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 43.1777291, 36.3398677 ] }

Archaeological remains:
Substantive

Association certainty:
Uncertain

Positional Accuracy Assessment:
Google Earth and Partners Imagery 2016 and following

Location type:
representative

Temporal attestations:

Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Reade 2016 48 (fig. 7), 50 (fig. 9), 71

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The gate’s location is based on an aerial photograph of Nineveh taken in 1929, Corona satellite imagery (1967-68), and Google satellite imagery. The location of the gate suggested here is the traditional spot of the Halzi Gate according to most modern reconstructions of Nineveh. Those maps place the Šamaš Gate about 1,600 m north of the southeast corner (approximate coordinates: 36.3506849, 43.1754063), which is the proposed location of the Mullissu Gate.

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Conjectural location after Reade