Balawat

Balawat (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܠܒܬ‎, beṯ labat) is a historical location in Ninawa Governorate, Iraq, 25 km (16 mi) southeast from the city of Mosul and 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida. It was the site of the ancient Neo-Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil. The meaning of Imgur-Enlil is "Enlil agreed". Note that there was also a wall in ancient Babylon named Imgur-Enlil. The city of Imgur-Enlil was founded by the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (884-859 BC). It lay 10 km (6.2 mi) up the Derrah river from the Tigris, where the city of Kalhu (see Nimrud) was situated. Imgur-Enlil lay between the city of Nineveh and the province of Arrapha in the southeast along the royal Assyrian road. Ashurnasirpal II had already...