Category:Shedu

**shedu**
	tutelary spirit in Mesopotamian mythology
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Subclass of	tutelary spirit;
Part of	Mesopotamian mythology;
Said to be the same as	Lamassu
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English: Shedu refers to an Assyrian deity also called an alad, in Hebrew šed (שד) or in Akkadian, šêdu. In art they were depicted as winged bulls and lions (also known as Lammasu); both forms having the heads of human males. Considered to be beneficient and protective spirits they could be found in statue form outside the entrances to palaces and cities. There are still surviving figures of šêdu in bas-relief and some statues in museums.

See also Man-headed bull, Sphinx, Minotaur, and Cherubim.

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15 23 1128 creation museum.jpg 2,048 × 1,367; 1.98 MB
4th Assyrian battalion.png 1,920 × 1,272; 3.56 MB
Anarchist (Schneider).jpg 576 × 946; 231 KB
Assyrian Gallery of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. God Nabu appears in the background.jpg 5,920 × 3,952; 6.14 MB
Assyrian shedu-lamassu from Khorsabad, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg 6,016 × 4,016; 20.83 MB
Assyrian shedu-lamassu with a human headed genie from Khorsabad, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg 4,016 × 6,016; 18.78 MB
Cuneiform Inscription mentioning in details the tribute sent by Hezekiah, king of Judah, to Sennacherib. The British Museum.jpg 5,582 × 3,146; 8.49 MB
Cylinder Seal, Achaemenid, modern impression 05.jpg 1,493 × 891; 1.19 MB
Details of a lamassu from the palace of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 12.43 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-859 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 10.59 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-860 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 11.99 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-861 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 9.35 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-862 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 5,906 × 3,937; 6.78 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-863 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 10.72 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-887 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 5,546 × 3,697; 5.3 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-888 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 6.09 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-889 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 6.36 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-890 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 6.04 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-891 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 5.63 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-892 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 7.42 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-893 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 6.78 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-894 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 8.55 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-895 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 9.99 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-896 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 7.49 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-897 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 10.05 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-898 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 9.77 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-899 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 8.88 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-900 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 7.67 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-901 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 8.82 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-904 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 9.19 MB
Details of the lamassu and palace reliefs of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal (883-905 BC) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 7.45 MB
Excavation of the lamassu at the gate of Sargon II's royal palace (1844).jpg 1,200 × 803; 562 KB
Facade of Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Assyria (28016118620).jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 4.22 MB
Head of an Assyrian shedu-lamassu Khorsabad, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg 2,912 × 4,016; 11.28 MB
Head of lamassu from Khorsabad, Iraq. C. 710 BCE. Iraq Museum.jpg 2,912 × 4,016; 8.88 MB
Head of lamassu. Marble, 8th century BCE, from Assur, Iraq. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.jpg 4,738 × 4,016; 12.81 MB
Human-headed aladlammu in Darius palace in Susa.jpg 1,080 × 1,080; 416 KB
Lamassu al British Museum 1852.png 985 × 575; 1.28 MB
Lamassu arrive British Museum 1852.jpg 720 × 402; 108 KB
Lamassu at the entrance of Vatcha Agiary on Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 3.02 MB
Lamassu at the Gate of Sargon II.jpg 1,200 × 742; 590 KB
Lamassu Khorsabad 1849.jpg 503 × 760; 31 KB
Lamassu Layard 1853.jpg 760 × 459; 64 KB
Lamassu Nimrud Layard 1849 (2).jpg 1,200 × 697; 216 KB
Lamassu Nimrud Layard 1849 (3).jpg 735 × 427; 75 KB
Lamassu Nimrud Layard 1849.png 1,200 × 731; 1.65 MB
Lamassu Ninive Layard 1853.jpg 300 × 181; 10 KB
Lamassu Quarry Ninive Layard 1853.jpg 1,378 × 914; 361 KB
Lamassu, from the North-West Palace at Nimrud, Iraq. 9th century BCE. Iraq Museum.jpg 3,559 × 4,842; 13.23 MB
Lamassu-assiro-Wikipedia-Commons.jpg 800 × 797; 99 KB
Lamassu.svg 369 × 366; 28 KB
Le Tour du monde-04-p077.jpg 1,244 × 825; 343 KB
Left, The Gulf War Medal (1991). Right, Iraq Medal (2003), reverse. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), Regimental Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, UK.jpg 1,430 × 1,748; 2 MB
Looted head of lamassu , cut into several pieces by the plunderers. From Khorsabad, Iraq. C. 710 BCE. Iraq Museum.jpg 4,922 × 3,831; 15.07 MB
MultinationalForce-IraqDUI.jpg 280 × 277; 18 KB
MultinationalForce-IraqDUI.svg 600 × 600; 128 KB
NB Berlin VT 7737 human-headed bulls.png 708 × 430; 190 KB
Neobabylonian cylinder of two female lion lamassu and human geni.jpg 485 × 348; 37 KB
Nineveh Jug, ca. 1851 (CH 18641713).jpg 3,248 × 4,096; 5.23 MB
Nineveh Jug, ca. 1851 (CH 18641713-2).jpg 3,092 × 4,096; 8.36 MB
Nineveh Nebi Yunus Excavation Bull-Man Head.JPG 1,278 × 864; 172 KB
Parse8.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 3.2 MB
Persepolis تخت جمشید 02.jpg 4,000 × 2,667; 8.68 MB
Persepolis-human headed bull capital.jpg 519 × 768; 46 KB
Procession Bull Nimrud Layard 1849.jpg 760 × 489; 83 KB
Scorpion man, National Museum of Aleppo (حلب), Syria - PHBZ024 2016 0509 - Dumbarton Oaks.jpg 4,740 × 3,197; 12.87 MB
Scorpion man, National Museum of Aleppo (حلب), Syria - PHBZ024 2016 0510 - Dumbarton Oaks.jpg 3,130 × 4,747; 12.02 MB
Sfinx in het eerste portael (cropped).jpg 819 × 1,404; 959 KB
Sfinx in het eerste portael.jpg 969 × 1,600; 1.1 MB
Shedu 01 - casting in Pushkin museum 01 by shakko.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 3.51 MB
Shedu IMG 1082.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 1.84 MB
Shedu.JPG 5,108 × 3,338; 6.76 MB
Stele di Ištar.png 966 × 1,363; 2.74 MB
Tetrasphinx Lamassu and Cherubim Tetramorph.png 1,280 × 720; 1.27 MB
The Assyrian gallery at the Iraq Museum.jpg 6,016 × 4,016; 17.31 MB
Two human-headed bull lamassu neoassyrian-babylonian cylinder.jpg 292 × 246; 20 KB
Two lamassus at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, from the North-West Palace, Nimrud, Iraq.jpg 6,016 × 4,016; 16.77 MB

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