拉玛苏
外观
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拉玛苏(楔形文字:𒀭𒆗,an.kal;闪米特语:dlammař;阿卡德语:lamassu),是亚述文化中半人半兽的怪物。由于其外型好像一头插上一双翅膀的公牛,在一般媒体可能会将它指为翅公牛(winged bull)或尼尼微的翅公牛(winged bull of Nineveh)。拉玛苏有时单指其雌性个体[1]。其雄性个体又称舍杜(希伯来语:šed (שד);阿卡德语:šêdu.[2]),二者常被置于守护寺庙或宫殿入口的左右两旁。它为亚述人的众主神之一,其脸部据说是按照萨尔贡二世的形象雕刻而成。
参考文献
[编辑]- ^ Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. The Pantheon of Uruk During the Neo-Babylonian Period. Brill. 2003. ISBN 90-04-13024-1 (英语).
- ^ An illustrated dictionary, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. (2003; Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, The British Museum Press; ISBN 0-7141-1705-6)