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The Winged Bulls at the Nergal Gate of Nineveh

1948; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/4241670

2053-4744

Jannette Finch,

Ancient Egypt and Archaeology

The gate of Nergal in the northern wall of Nineveh has given rise to a curious archaeological puzzle. The best start for an exposition of its elements is to record the statements made by the various archæologists and writers who in the past have made mention of this gateway in Sennacherib's walled city, and then to compare them with each other, and with a recent examination of the actual remaining monuments that, during a residence in Mosul, I have had the opportunity to make, since the chance of a landslide in the spring of 1941, followed by excavation by the Antiquities department of the Iraq Government, has restored them to the light of day.