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title: Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10875/stone-tablet-of-queen-yaba/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10875.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10875.jpg)

## Image Caption

This stone tablet was found in a niche into the right-hand [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/) of the space leading to the [burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) chamber of [Tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/) II (one of the vaulted burial chambers of the so-called Queens' Tombs inside the North-West [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) at [Nimrud](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kalhu/)). The [cuneiform](https://www.worldhistory.org/cuneiform/) inscription is a form of a funerary text for queen Yaba (Yabâ), wife of the Neo-Assyrian king [Tiglath-pileser III](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tiglath_Pileser_III/) (reigned 744-727 BCE). The Queens' Tombs were found accidentally in the 1989-1990 CE season by the State Board of Antiquities of Iraq while reconstructing a part of the so-called "domestic wing" of the Palace. Inside these tombs, the "Nimrud Treasures" were unearthed. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.

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## Bibliography

- [J. E. Curtis. *New Light on Nimrud.* British Institute for the Study of Iraq, 2008.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/0903472244/)

## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2019, June 05). Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10875/stone-tablet-of-queen-yaba/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 05, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10875/stone-tablet-of-queen-yaba/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Jun 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10875/stone-tablet-of-queen-yaba/>.

## License & Copyright

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