The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for a limestone amulet with a Lamashtu demon, Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian period, ca. 7th to 6th century BCE. The record's own title names Lamashtu directly, and its tags, Dogs, Pigs, Snakes and Demons, match the standard iconography of a Lamashtu amulet, the demon shown astride a donkey holding snakes and flanked by a dog and a pig. Purchase, 1886. Accession number 86.11.2.
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The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its title, culture and accession number, whose own tags match the standard iconography of the figure named in the title. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321626
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Lamashtu directly: "record for a limestone amulet with a Lamashtu demon, Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian period, ca."
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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