Lama, Lamma, or Lamassu (Cuneiform: đ’€đ’†—, an.kal; Sumerian: dlammaĹ™; later in Akkadian: lamassu; sometimes called a lamassuse) is a Mesopotamian protective deity. Initially depicted as a goddess in Sumerian times, when it was called Lamma, it was later depicted from Assyrian times as a hybrid of a human, bird, and either a bull or lion—specifically having a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings, under the name Lamassu.
Lama, Lamma, or Lamassu (Cuneiform: đ’€đ’†—, an.kal; Sumerian: dlammaĹ™; later in Akkadian: lamassu; sometimes called a lamassuse) is a Mesopotamian protective deity. Initially depicted as a goddess in Sumerian times, when it was called Lamma, it was later depicted from Assyrian times as a hybrid of a human, bird, and either a bull or lion—specifically having a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings, under the name Lamassu.
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