Citadel Wall of Nineveh
The citadel of Nineveh was surrounded by a thick mud-brick wall. When the 7th-century B.C. king Sennacherib made Nineveh the capital of the Assyrian empire, that wall was rebuilt and strengthened; its base was reinforced with limestone blocks along its southern stretch.
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Citadel Wall of Nineveh
The citadel of Nineveh was surrounded by a thick mud-brick wall. When the 7th-century B.C. king Sennacherib made Nineveh the capital of the Assyrian empire, that wall was rebuilt and strengthened; its base was reinforced with limestone blocks along its southern stretch.
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RINAP 3 Sennacherib 007 (Q003481)
RINAP 3/1 21
RINAP 5 Ashurbanipal 004 (Q003703)
RLAss 397-298
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The citadel of Nineveh was sur ...... ks along its southern stretch.
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Citadel Wall of Nineveh
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dūr qabal āli ša Ninūa
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