yapur-shapu-the

Updated: June 5, 2025

The Yapur-Shapu-the reservoir of Babylon by the grace of Merodach I filled completely full of water. With that which my father had made I joined it. I made the way of Nana, the protectress of her votaries. These gates I raised. Behold! besides the Ingur-Bel, the impregnable fortification of Babylon.

George Rawlinson - The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: Babylon : The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.