Amulet with a Lamashtu demon
Item
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Title
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Amulet with a Lamashtu demon
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Rights
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
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Creator
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Unknown
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Date
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ca. early 1st millennium BCE
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Description
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Lamashtu, a Mesopotamian goddess, is depicted with a muscular human body, the head of a lion-griffin, and the arms of a lion, pointed upright. She is surrounded by adult animals and offerings of a spindle, a comb, and a pin. An inscription in cuneiform is written around Lamashtu and on the back of the amulet, meant to imprison her and call upon other gods to expel her. In these inscriptions she is addressed as "exalted lady." The top left corner of the obsidian amulet has broken off.
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Format
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Amulet. Obsidian. 2 1/4 in × 1 13/16 in × 3/8 in.
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Language
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Akkadian, Cuneiform script.
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Publisher
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Contributor
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Shaelyn Fett
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Identifier
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1984.348.
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Subject
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Lamashtu; Amulet; Demon; Goddess; Cuneiform script; 1st millennium BCE; Mesopotamia; Akkadian.
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Source
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Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed 10/17/2023. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/326961.
