Lamassu: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Lamassu''' ([[Kuneiform]]: {{cuneiform|𒀭𒆗}}, AN.KAL; [[bahasa Sumeria]]: ^dlammař; [[bahasa Akkadia]]: ''lamassu''; kadang-kadang disebut '''lamassus'''<ref>Kriwaczek, Paul. ''Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization'', p. 37.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.torrossa.it/resources/an/2401509#page=241 |title=Salinan arsip |access-date=2016-11-13 |archive-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308003132/http://torrossa.it/resources/an/2401509#page=241 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>) adalah dewa pelindung [[Asiria]] yang digambarkan memiliki kepala manusia, tubuh kerbau atau singa, dan sayap burung.<ref name="Livius.org">[http://www.livius.org/la-ld/lamassu/lamassu.html Livius.org]</ref> Dalam beberapa sumber, lamassu digambarkan sebagai seorang dewi.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-WRJhvfudIC&pg=PA137&dq=Lamassu&hl=en&ei=6xp-TOPRKMTIcc7I8NAJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Lamassu&f=false |title=The Pantheon of Uruk during the Neo-Babylonian Period |first=Paul-Alain |last=Beaulieu|authorlink=Paul-Alain Beaulieu |accessdate=9 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://psd.museum.upenn.edu |title=The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |accessdate=9 December 2010}}</ref> Nama yang lebih jarang digunakan adalah '''shedu''' ([[Kuneiform]]: {{cuneiform|𒀭𒆘}}, AN.KAL×BAD; [[bahasa Sumeria]]: ^dalad; [[bahasa Akkadia]], ''šēdu''; [[bahasa Ibrani]]: {{linktext|שד}}) yang mengacu kepada pasangan laki-laki lamassu.<ref>{{cite book |title=An Illustrated dictionary, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia |year=2003 |last=Black |first=Jeremy |author-link=Jeremy Black (assyriologist) |last2=Green |first2=Anthony |publisher=The British Museum Press |ISBN=0-7141-1705-6}}</ref> Lammasu atau Lumasi mewakili [[zodiak]] atau [[konstelasi]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book|last1=Hewitt|first1=J.F.|title=History and Chronology of the Myth-Making Age|page=85}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite book|last1=W. King|first1=Leonard|title=Enuma Elish Vol 1 & 2: The Seven Tablets of Creation; The Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind|page=78}}</ref> Lamassu biasanya menjaga kuil-kuil dan kota-kota.