The Balawat Gates adorned the main doors of several buildings of an ancient city of Imgur-Enlil.
See:
- Piotr Bienkowski, Alan Millard (eds.), Dictionary of the Ancient Near East, British Museum Press, London 2000, pp. 45-46
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Location:
- Iraq, Qaryat Tabah
- geo:36.219772,43.413403
- Location ± 25-100 m.
Period or year:
- -8xx / unknown
Class:
- Relief, votiv stone or altar
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=27846
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