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Uridimmu

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42: 970:, he was displayed as a trophy on doorways to ward off evil and later became an apotropaic figurine buried in buildings for a similar purpose. He became identified as 827: 1102: 1107: 1122: 919:, with a human head replacing that of an animal and an animal's body replacing that of a human. He appears in later iconography paired with 55: 951:
during the neo-Babylonian period where he seems to have taken on a cultic role, where the latest attestation was in the 29th year of
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proves to be a copy of a genuine period piece. He is pictured standing upright, wearing a horned tiara and holding a staff with an
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The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia. Second Part: HAR-ra = hubullu. Tablets XIV and XVIII (MSL VIII/2)
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mythical creature in the form of a human headed dog-man whose first appearance might be during the
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His appearance was essentially the opposite, or complement of that of
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for the sick in rituals. He was especially revered in the
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The Pantheon of Uruk During the Neo-Babylonian Period
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with the constellation known by the Greeks as Wolf (
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Index

a series
Ancient
Mesopotamian religion

Chaos Monster and Sun God
Religions of the ancient Near East
Anatolia
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
Babylonia
Sumer
Iranian
Semitic
Arabia
Canaan
Tiamat
Abzu
Lahamu
Lahmu
Kishar
Anshar
Mummu
Anu
Enlil
Enki
Ninhursag
Inanna/Ishtar
Nanna/Sin
Utu/Shamash
Adad
Dumuzid
Enkimdu

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