Lama
deity intermediate Mesopotamia single tradition · 1
Lama, also known as Lamma or Lamassu, 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. In some writings, it is portrayed to represent a goddess.
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -600
- Historical notes
- Appears in Sumerian times as a goddess, later as a hybrid in Assyrian times.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The goddess Lama appears initially as a mediating goddess who precedes the orans and presents them to the deities.”
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