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This amulet depicts a Lamashtu standing on a donkey and suckling a jackal and a wild pig. Lamatshu prayed on women in childbirth and newly-born infants. She has a lion head, wings, and eagle's talons. Amulet images show suckling animals and riding a donkey in a boat with the special items described in the rituals against her. Such amulets were usually hung up in bedrooms to repel the demoness Lamashtu. From northern Mesopoptamia, Iraq. Circa 800-550 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, April 14). Demoness Lamashtu Amulet. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4899/demoness-lamashtu-amulet/
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