Pazuzu peering over brass plaque

leading from


The demon-god Pazuzu peers over the edge of this bronze plaque.
Top register:symbols of the Babylonian chief gods; 
below: animal-headed protective beings; fish- clad 
priests attend a sick person;Pazuzu drives out the female 
demon Lamashtu. 
Bronze, 13,3 x 8,4 cm AO 22205
Louvre, Departement des Antiquites Orientales, Paris, France
 
as above

The demon-god Pazuzu peers over the edge of this bronze plaque.
Top register:symbols of the Babylonian chief gods;below

animal-headed protective beings; fish- clad priests attend a sick person;
Pazuzu drives out the female demon Lamashtu. Bronze, 13,3 x 8,4 cm AO 22205
image of the  of the plaque from above
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rear side of above


image of the reverse of the plaque from above
(source warlockasylum.wordpress.com/)

 



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