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Français : Amulettes suspendues dans les chambres à coucher, afin de protéger des assauts de la démone Lamashtu, attaquant les femmes enceintes et les nouveaux-nés. v. 800-550 av. J.-C.

Gauche haut : amulette en obsidienne portant une incantation contre Lamashtu. ME 127371. Gauche bas : amulette portant une incantation listant les noms de Lamashtu, donnant à son détenteur un pouvoir sur elle. ME 128857. Centre : amulette montrant Lamashtu sur un âne, tétant un cochon sauvage et un chacal. ME 117759.

Droite haut : amulette en obsidienne montrant Lamashtu à deux têtes avec des griffes sorties et deux chiens. ME 132520.
English: Amulets hung up in the bedroom to repel the demoness Lamashtu, who prayed on women in childbirth and new-born infants. Iraq, c. 800-550 BC.

Top left: obsidian amulet inscribed with a spell. ME 127371. Left, second row: amulet inscribed with a spell listing the names of Lamashtu, giving the owner power over her. ME 128857. Center: amulet showing Lamashtu standing on a donkey and suckling a wild pig and a jackal. ME 117759.

Top right: obsidian amulet showing a two-headed Lamashtu with outstreched claws and two dogs. ME 132520.
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