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CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
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A NEO-ASSYRIAN OBSIDIAN LAMASHTU AMULET
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Rectangular in form, with rounded corners and a perforated flange for suspension, the obverse with an incised image of the demon Lamashtu, striding with an elongated body, her arms raised, a seated dog in profile and a ladder to the right, an arrow and a piglet in profile to the left, a line of cuneiform text below reading: "Incantation;" with seven lines of cuneiform text on the the reverse, reading: "Incantation, O Lamashtu, daughter of Anu, thou art great among the gods. Be conjured by the heavens and be conjured by the earth"
1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm.) long
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Rectangular in form, with rounded corners and a perforated flange for suspension, the obverse with an incised image of the demon Lamashtu, striding with an elongated body, her arms raised, a seated dog in profile and a ladder to the right, an arrow and a piglet in profile to the left, a line of cuneiform text below reading: "Incantation;" with seven lines of cuneiform text on the the reverse, reading: "Incantation, O Lamashtu, daughter of Anu, thou art great among the gods. Be conjured by the heavens and be conjured by the earth"
1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm.) long
來源
Milton Yondorf, Chicago, prior to 1938; thence by descent to John D. Yondorf Jr., Chicago, 1948.
出版
W. Farber, An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamashtu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia B.C., Winona Lake, Indiana, 2014, p. 338, fig. 22.