Adad Gate
The northern city wall of Nineveh had three gates: the Adad Gate was the easternmost of the three. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Adad-šārik-hegalli-ana-māti, which means "The God Adad Is the Provider of Prosperity to the Land."
Adad Gate
The northern city wall of Nineveh had three gates: the Adad Gate was the easternmost of the three. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Adad-šārik-hegalli-ana-māti, which means "The God Adad Is the Provider of Prosperity to the Land."
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Gates of Nineveh, The Cleansing of Mosul
Livius, Nineveh, Adad Gate
National Geographic, Destruction of Nineveh Gates
RINAP 3 Sennacherib 017 (Q003491)
RINAP 3/1 17-19
RLAss 9 402
Reade 2016 82-83
Wikipedia (English) Nineveh
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Adad-šārik-hegalli-ana-māti
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abul Adad
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