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amulet
Object Type
amulet
Museum number
1851,0101.18
Description
Stone Lamashtu amulet with incised imitation inscription of 4 lines; on the other side a hawk-headed deity; polished serpentine.
Cultures/periods
Late Babylonian
Production date
800BC-550BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
William Kennett Loftus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Warka
Materials
serpentine
Technique
incised
polished
Dimensions
Height:
6.29 centimetres
Thickness:
0.81 centimetres
Width:
4.69 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Loftus W K 1857a / Travels and researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, Shush, "Shushan the palace" of Esther, in 1849-52
(p.236)
Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years
(p.215)
(cat.350)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2013 - 2014 3 Nov - 21 Apr, Herne, LWL Museum fur Archaologie, 'Uruk: 5000 Years of the Megacity' 2013 25 Apr - 8 Sep, Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, 'Uruk: 5000 Years of the Megacity' (displayed in Herne only)
Subjects
devil/demon
Associated names
Representation of:
Lamashtu
(Demon)
Acquisition date
1851
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1851,0101.18