Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 180 (a) (P272829)

Official or display Wall slab excavated in Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Number

WAM 21.0008 (a)

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)

Artifact Type

Wall slab

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

2362.0 mm × 1359.0 mm

Witness

Text

object relief
surface a
1. _e2-gal_ 1(disz) asz-szur-_pab-a szid_ asz-szur ni-szit {d}_bad_ u {d}_masz_ na-ra-am {d}a-nim u {d}da-gan ka-szu-usz _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a tukul-masz man gal_e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2_
2. _man kur_ asz-szur _a 1(u)-erin2-tah2 man gal_-e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur-ma et,-lu qar-du sza2 ina _gisz_-tukul-ti asz-szur _en_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma ina mal-ki-_mesz_ sza2 kib-rat 4(disz)-ta sza2-nin-szu2 la-a _tuku_-u2 _lu2-sipa_
3. tab-ra-te la a-di-ru _gisz-lal_ e-du-u2 gap-szu2 sza2 ma-hi-ra la-a _tuku_-u2 _man_ mu-szak-nisz la kan-szu-te-szu2 sza2 nap-har kisz-szat _un-mesz_ i-pe-lu _nita2_ dan-nu mu-kab-bi-is
4. _gu2_ a-a-bi-szu2 da-a-isz kul-lat _kur2-mesz_ mu-pa-ri-ru ki-is,-ri mul-tar-ki _man_ sza2 ina _gisz_-tukul-ti _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma _kur-kur-mesz du3_-szi-na _szu_-su _kur_-ud hur-sza2-ni
5. _du3_-szu2-nu i-pe-lu-ma bi-lat-su-nu im-hu-ru s,a-bit li-i-t,i2 sz2-kin2 li-i-te _ugu du3_-szi-na _kur-kur-mesz_ e-nu-ma
6. asz-szur _en_ na-bu-u2 _mu_-ia mu-szar-bu-u2 _man_-ti-a _gisz-tukul_-szu2 la pa-da-a a-na i-da-at _en_ti-a lu-u2 it-muh _erin2-hi-a-mesz kur_ lu-ul-lu-me-e _dagal-mesz_
7. ina qe2-reb tam-ha-ri ina _gisz-tukul-mesz_ lu u2-szam-qit ina re-s,u-te sza2 {d}sza2-masz u {d}iszkur _dingir-mesz_ tik-li-a _erin2-hi-a-mesz kur-kur_ na-i-ri _kur_ hab-hi _kur_ szu-ba-re-e u _kur_ ni-rib _gim {d}iszkur_
8. ra-hi-s,i _ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-gu-um _man_ sza2 _ta_ e-ber-tan _id2-hal-hal_ a-di _kur_ lab-na-na u _a-ab-ba gal_-te _kur_ la-qe-e ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _kur_ su-hi a-di _iri_ ra-pi-qi ana _gir3-min_-szu2 u2-szek2-ni-sza2
9. _ta sag_ e-ni _id2_ su-ub-na-at a-di _kur_ u2-ra-ar-t,i2 _szu_-su _kur_-ud _ta kur_ ne2-re-be sza2 _kur_ kir3-ru-ri a-di _kur_ gil2-za-ni _ta_ e-ber-tan id2 za-ba _ki-ta_
10. a-di _iri-du6_-ga-a-ri sza2 el-la-an _kur_ za-ban _ta iri-du6_-sza2-ab-ta-a-ani a-di _iri-du6_-sza2-za-ab-da-a-ni _iri_ ki-ri-mu _iri_ ha-ru-tu _kur_ bi-ra-te
11. sza2 _kur_ kar-du-ni-asz2 ana mi-is,-ri _kur_-a u2-ter _ta kur_ ne2-reb sza2 _kur_ ba-bi-te a-di _kur_ hasz-mar a-na _un-mesz kur_-ia am-nu ina _kur-kur-mesz_ sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni _lu2-gar_-nu-te-ia al-ta-kan
12. ur-du-ti u2-pu-szu2 1(disz)asz-szur-_pab-a nun_-u2 na-a-du pa-lih2 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ u2-szum2-gal-lu ek-du ka-szid _iri-iri_ u hur-sza2-ni pat, gim-ri-szu2-nu _man en-mesz_-e mu-la-it,
13. ek-s,u-te a-pi-ir sza2-lum-ma-te la-a-di-ru _gisz-lal_ ur-sza2-nu la pa-du-u2 mu-rib a-nun-te _man_ ta-na-da-a-te _lu2-sipa_ s,a-lu-lu _ub-mesz man_ sza2 qi-bit _ka_-szu2 usz-har-ma-t,u _kur-mesz_-e
14. u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 ina qi-it-ru-ub _en_-ti-szu2 _man-mesz_-ni ek-du-te la pa-du-te _ta_ s,i-it {d}szam-szi a-di e-reb {d}szam-szi pa-a 1(disz)-en u2-sza2-asz2-kin2 _iri_ kal-hu
15. mah-ra-a sza2 1(disz){d}szul3-ma-nu-_sag man kur_ asz-szur _nun_ a-lik pa-ni-a _du3_-usz _iri_ szu-u2 e-na-ah-ma is,-lal _iri_ szu2-u2 ana esz-szu2-te ab-ni _un-mesz szu2_-ti _szu2_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_
16. sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni sza2 _kur_ su-hi _kur_ la-qe-e ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _iri_ sir-qu sza2 ne2-ber-ti _id2-a-rad kur_ za-mu-a ana pat, gim-ri-sza2 _kur-e2_-a-di-ni u _kur_ hat-te
17. u sza2 1(disz)lu-bar-na _kur_ pa-ti-na-a-a al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-sza2-as,-bit _du6_ la-be-ru lu u2-na-ki-ir a-di _ugu a-mesz_ lu u2-sza2-pil2 1(disz) _me_ 2(u) tik-pi ina musz-pa-li
18. lu u2-t,a-bi _e2-gal gisz_ e-re-ni _e2-gal gisz szur-min2 e2-gal gisz_ dap-ra-ni _e2-gal gisz-tug2-mesz e2-gal gisz_ mes-kan-ni _e2-gal gisz_ bu-ut,-ni u _gisz_ tar-pi-'i
19. a-na szu-bat _man_-ti-a ana mul-ta-a'-it _en_-ti-a sza2 da-ra-te ina lib3-bi ad-di u2-ma-am _kur-mesz_-e u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 {na4}pi-li _ku3_-e
20. u {na4}pa-ru-te _du3_-usz ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 u2-sze-zi-iz u2-si-im-szi u2-szar-rih-szi si-kat2 kar-ri _zabar-mesz_ al-me-si _gisz-ig-mesz gisz_ e-re-ni _gisz-szur-min2_
21. _gisz_ dap-ra-ni _gisz_ mes-kan-ni ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 u2-re-ti _ku3-babbar-mesz ku3-gi-mesz an-na-mesz zabar-mesz an-bar-mesz szu2_-ti _szu_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_
22. sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni a-na ma-a'-disz al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-kin2

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Record

20150209 cdliadmin: cf. overview at <https://cdli.earth/projects/nimrud/index.html>

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P272829

Physical information

slab, relief

Artifact type Wall slab
slab, relief
Dimensions 2362.0 mm × 1359.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Preservation
Winged genius facing right, wearing horned crown, bearded with earring; carries a bucket in left hand and a cone/flower-pod in right-- pollinating sacred tree (?); wears rosette bracelets on both wrists, three knives tucked into waistband, short tunic wi

Provenance

Provenience Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Museum Number WAM 21.0008 (a)
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P272829

References

  • primary: Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 180 (a)

    [CDLI2011-93355] CDLI, CDLI. 2011.

  • history: RIMA 2.0, 101.023, ex. 180 (a)

    [Grayson1991RIMA2] Grayson, A. Kirk. 1991. Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, Vol. I (1114-859 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods, vol. 2. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: Fertile Crescent, p. 24, no. 23

    [Hill1944WAG] Hill, Dorothy Kent. 1944. The Fertile Crescent : Art and History of Bible Lands as Illustrated in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery.

  • history: AfO Beih 15, 27

    [Stearns1961AfOBeih15] Stearns, John B. 1961. Reliefs from the Palace of Ashurnașirpal II. Vol. 15. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Graz : Im Selbstverlage des Herausgebers.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-13 at 10:58:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-25 at 16:35:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-20 at 08:27:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2015-04-11 at 11:01:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-11-21 at 10:15:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-11-21 at 10:14:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-01-20 at 17:19:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:43 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, Ex. 180 (a) Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P272829.
Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 180 (a) artifact entry (No. P272829). (2024, September 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272829 (Original work published 2011)
Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 180 (a) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272829 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, Ex. 180 (a) Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P272829.
Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 180 (a) artifact entry (No. P272829). (2024, September 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272829 (Original work published 2011)
Nimrud NW Palace G-18 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 180 (a) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272829 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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