Categoría ‘R. Próximo Oriente’

Amuleto protector de caballos

Horse Frontlet with Nude Goddess in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

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Horse Frontlet with Nude Goddess Holding Lotus Flowers and Lions
Ivory
Mesopotamia, excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Fort Shalmaneser, Room SW 37
Phoenician Style, 9th-8th century BC
Accession #61.197.5
Placa de marfil con relieve que muestra la figura de la llamada “dios desnuda”. Se ponían en la frente [...]

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Placa y amuleto de Pazuzu

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700 a.C.,época neoasiria , s.VIII-VII a.C.

This plaque depicts Pazuzu, an evil wind demon, and was probably used to ward off the demon, Lamashtu, as well as a wealth of westward diseases. In this plaque and elsewhere, Pazuzu was portrayed as a terrifying creature with the face of a lion, human torso, goat horns, snake-headed phallus, [...]

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Lamashtu-Pazuzu y la llamada ” Placa del Infierno”

PAZUZU 1, 2, LAMASSU
MUHUSSU, ANIMAL DE de MARDUK

La llamada Placa del Infierno,Louvre

Data: c. -700.
Etapa cultural: Época asiria: Labartu, Lamashtu (Lamaštu), en acadio o Dimme en sumerio, era un ndemonio femenino que causaba fiebres, especialmente en los niños. En el registro superior, sacerdotes-médicos vestidos de pez realizan un exorcismo; [...]

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