First print done for Anime Central 2020, featuring Ereshkigal from FGO / Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia! ^^ As a first-time participant in Artist Alley, I’m so excited to meet everyone!
EDIT…:: 03/25/2020
So Anime Central 2020 is cancelled for the year, courtesy of the COVID-19 Virus pandemic. In which case, I’ll see all you lovely people next year instead~
In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology. In later myths, she was said to rule Irkalla alongside her husband Nergal. Sometimes her name is given as Irkalla, similar to the way the name Hades was used in Greek mythology for both the underworld and its ruler, and sometimes it is given as Ninkigal, lit. “Lady of the Great Earth”.
By the name of Šamaš, Ereškigala, and the Anunnaki, the great gods of the underworld: Through death, the destiny of all living things overtook Iabâ the queen and she went to the path of her ancestors.
Whoever in the future - be it a queen who sits on the throne or a court woman, beloved of the king - removes me from my tomb or puts anyone else in with me, and reaches his hand toward my jewelry with evil intent or whoever breaks open the seal of this tomb;
above, let his spirit roam outside under the rays of the sun in thirst. And below in the underworld, may he not receive offerings with the Anunnaki. No libations of water, first-draft beer, wine or flour! May Ningišzida and Bituh the chief gatekeeper, the great gods of the underworld, afflict his corpse and ghost with eternal restlessness.
The grave inscription of queen Iabâ who was queen from 744 to ca. 722 BCE.
Source:Women’s Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia by Charles Halton and Saana Svärd.
